tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62134776432002156762024-03-18T18:10:46.844-05:00StencilGirl® TalkA blog for the StencilGirl® Product line owned by Mary Beth Shaw for people who love stencils like we love stencils.MB Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385431609144174297noreply@blogger.comBlogger2497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-55328396450987742382024-03-12T00:00:00.006-05:002024-03-12T00:00:00.133-05:00Further Watercolor Adventures with Stencils - LauraMixedMedia<script type="text/javascript">
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</script><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6Cq5ACxSy6MK9HnzEWgQ1kEs4zh1pSOC4tGzV44q5QEbNogOnn33CA40yEYw37gRrqJdBXVKA0cEXUp2WVKZ096cHI6OZGwses4yFiaxuZE89FgvLWDiDJ9-LxsQaPod5SKZlZf-wJSzwaGonGI8wWXL5cwSJLk9ynCh_DUcvMYdEM-1d5QfjDxIyMU/s3074/PXL_20240221_034828293.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3074" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6Cq5ACxSy6MK9HnzEWgQ1kEs4zh1pSOC4tGzV44q5QEbNogOnn33CA40yEYw37gRrqJdBXVKA0cEXUp2WVKZ096cHI6OZGwses4yFiaxuZE89FgvLWDiDJ9-LxsQaPod5SKZlZf-wJSzwaGonGI8wWXL5cwSJLk9ynCh_DUcvMYdEM-1d5QfjDxIyMU/w400-h400/PXL_20240221_034828293.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hey there, Laura Dame here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the most relaxing things ever is to play with watercolors, and one of my favorite ways to do that is using them with stencils. The results are so unpredictable, which is one of the best parts. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzn0BK1eSzzJVF7uD44XPcmDi1IXxV_MB_r0xSBYSAISYmRRWjg-NfegNLl9ywWR1DXAd8BYNogvRHuInW74Nx3qulKtG7JZvjIM1u21hYy9Lf5TYXam9pO5PvQKWC_2zgsr9VFWPOhR6h5V2Gz0hsNnhyphenhyphentsZhDvAWM73ir66jhF0so_d7d5UZXRC_bQ/s3074/PXL_20240221_034833777.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3074" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzn0BK1eSzzJVF7uD44XPcmDi1IXxV_MB_r0xSBYSAISYmRRWjg-NfegNLl9ywWR1DXAd8BYNogvRHuInW74Nx3qulKtG7JZvjIM1u21hYy9Lf5TYXam9pO5PvQKWC_2zgsr9VFWPOhR6h5V2Gz0hsNnhyphenhyphentsZhDvAWM73ir66jhF0so_d7d5UZXRC_bQ/w320-h320/PXL_20240221_034833777.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">People often think that you can only use watercolors on special watercolor paper. While that may have the best, most "professional" results, my favorite substrate to use is ledger paper. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's something about ledger paper that doesn't cause the fibers to just absorb the water/paint like some other types of papers, allowing the paint to move and flow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrkGZ5Pye7_BhZuINl-ca9L3XYfhbzJGzYhPWtQK4TNgkL56KbPtynzOJK8qNmH9ZwJe1T7T1LtWl0QC6FjXZFX7UPCcaS683t_PqmvWSWn6P6G9PlehXBLw8AlaJEfjOpImueeEho8wFM35I42s6dZ03oFM7Ift5tYSCwXmFDlsA5hT-XDggXbcP7a4/s3324/PXL_20240225_235829229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3324" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrkGZ5Pye7_BhZuINl-ca9L3XYfhbzJGzYhPWtQK4TNgkL56KbPtynzOJK8qNmH9ZwJe1T7T1LtWl0QC6FjXZFX7UPCcaS683t_PqmvWSWn6P6G9PlehXBLw8AlaJEfjOpImueeEho8wFM35I42s6dZ03oFM7Ift5tYSCwXmFDlsA5hT-XDggXbcP7a4/s320/PXL_20240225_235829229.jpg" width="296" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyn6d4-HdVTjk3yB4djPBIyi7Du4eKoYrlwvhub5QQAy6PK_CDkh9apUvFe4GYNCTh8PQXOjqmy8TKMuP7_CWamrLrHKtUVB8QtHSrokVr-hLFVmPm6e2pjd6xXq_t51xUKVtnXR3DeclFdZoGmjqTKVutBZ5WrWTZFB798UzzO5yLuwyhTDMmOp94YE/s3465/PXL_20240226_000159592.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2860" data-original-width="3072" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-euCR819-NpGMaSfAdCqH2AMaRv37XvOpOEgjVnt2am1IfLvTeBEpfi5hpQikFP71C_AaJD1TxVBs0htuZbDTIr8nb2gj7kvNAmFlu56eXdJlnrtaxTNHVzeqqLsYBbDLpsfFYYi33Sy6G2N-z_XOGCKy21SWGMSWjs_OrBnl5YHRJR6b9jJAQdkK0mA/s320/PXL_20240226_000101930.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stenciled watercolor ledger papers are amazing for collage, and some can even be their own little works of art. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you enjoy the video and feel inspired to play yourself! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="403" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W8nl1lkGFkw" width="485" youtube-src-id="W8nl1lkGFkw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Stencils:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cb2521be-7fff-4a4b-d166-0287023b4b7c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Floral-Frolics-Wendy-Brightbill-p/l671.htm" target="_blank">Floral Frolics</a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-daisy-diasy-wendy-brightbill-p/l797.htm" target="_blank">Daisy Daisy</a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-hyacinth-wendy-brightbill-p/s788.htm" target="_blank">Hyacinth</a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Eucalyptus-Bouquets-Rae-Missigman-p/l951.htm" target="_blank">Eucalyptus Bouquets</a></p><div><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-8-Color-Swatch-Wheel-Rae-Missigman-p/s834.htm" target="_blank">8 Color Swatch Wheel</a></div><div><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-straight-stems-terri-stegmiller-p/l121.htm" target="_blank">Straight Stems Stencil</a></div><div><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Rows-of-Reflecting-Rainbows-Carolyn-Dube-p/s943.htm">Rows of Reflecting Rainbows</a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Supplies: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-be279a8f-7fff-1d26-7367-af36c5af1cb5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Ledger Papers</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Various watercolors - I use handmade watercolors from Art to Basic and Ocean Paper, as well as watercolors from Daniel Smith & Van Gough.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Brush</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Water</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">UHU Glue Stick</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Art Journal</p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UWS7FNMIxQsSy2CD-0vDCO_femoedb5iAjZJO-E1-bR43K-FU6Q9RFlbXHgtNyPvJ0WjalF97nawIkuYOHnsubGg3QVh4YZuyq4SeiPG1CEpr0tzMP5OM4Q2GEZ25eE03B8Yq0C0dzQEQ-YeXo0WnoDzqMxNxwm1Vi4GvamWsWCqtlHpxH0-y5Ik/s2714/PXL_20210724_210809634~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAFQgPZ9IrJYa2wAwp3g3nxTzLTYtIE07J5K-_dcUr08AnK2QXHNL7xsedzJvxvPb1zOabRmmHCY-aARPXoltHD9wmu8rYEmBM_xYOy7j6EH_gfrjL1BY8HwmzylufAsb5rODj5ggr2CK0RdOLx-R0iLeBuE3c90opTxaw49T7pDr0XZzg3Of6nSAnyW_/s857/419382450_7004215286340088_194322854954789488_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="857" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAFQgPZ9IrJYa2wAwp3g3nxTzLTYtIE07J5K-_dcUr08AnK2QXHNL7xsedzJvxvPb1zOabRmmHCY-aARPXoltHD9wmu8rYEmBM_xYOy7j6EH_gfrjL1BY8HwmzylufAsb5rODj5ggr2CK0RdOLx-R0iLeBuE3c90opTxaw49T7pDr0XZzg3Of6nSAnyW_/w640-h240/419382450_7004215286340088_194322854954789488_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello Creatives! Kirsten Varga here with a brand new column all about BOOKMAKING! I am thrilled to have this opportunity to share bookmaking magic with you throughout the year. </span></span><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-7Wg-SWtINhSdwgNwycscJCFUU-_hbKChVgcXltEvnw2puTGsheOR_OqeHN5A4OY3V8MZYIeNB2vCpNrNYEhYdNLHxYAbgmVR7E1Bh_CejY2ZgLCaHRlHBxCTCyjBsLvFDLGmD_EqTJAdXSjixoY40KwoTz1JsLncqliBrh0kfajFSgPLmOli_bDCIqK/s1080/video%20thumbnail.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="1080" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-7Wg-SWtINhSdwgNwycscJCFUU-_hbKChVgcXltEvnw2puTGsheOR_OqeHN5A4OY3V8MZYIeNB2vCpNrNYEhYdNLHxYAbgmVR7E1Bh_CejY2ZgLCaHRlHBxCTCyjBsLvFDLGmD_EqTJAdXSjixoY40KwoTz1JsLncqliBrh0kfajFSgPLmOli_bDCIqK/w640-h360/video%20thumbnail.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">First up is Japanese Stab Binding. A quick internet search will provide mountains of information with a bit of history and lots of tutorials. This is not surprising to me as this book format is beginner friendly and an excellent way to bind single sheets. It's main characteristics are simplicity, elegance and versatility. Take note that this type of book will not lay flat when open. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YHU5y7UpkGAo7zK3GmfPEEKQzUiMph_3Vpd8kKqktPPwcRGEaOsYjcmEwsy9dpMGjKS4BPQROIZYwuKTv9m24Cdm_P87zv68H8BWwL2hk1vs0lpAW-plpZt69UGZr3hpAhwJDe5uQ9WKI9IDg7ZhCEEVuawyJN7dCBTD51hiPiRA51Rxmlro6Pc6jfOC/s1080/openbook-kirstenvarga.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YHU5y7UpkGAo7zK3GmfPEEKQzUiMph_3Vpd8kKqktPPwcRGEaOsYjcmEwsy9dpMGjKS4BPQROIZYwuKTv9m24Cdm_P87zv68H8BWwL2hk1vs0lpAW-plpZt69UGZr3hpAhwJDe5uQ9WKI9IDg7ZhCEEVuawyJN7dCBTD51hiPiRA51Rxmlro6Pc6jfOC/w640-h400/openbook-kirstenvarga.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Japanese stab binding is a traditional bookbinding technique that originated in Japan and dates back to the 6th century. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">This method came not just from Japan but also</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">China, Korea, and Vietnam</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">. </span><span style="background-color: white;">It was primarily used for binding various documents, manuscripts, and records. It evolved into an art form with the addition of decorative elements and intricate stitching patterns.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM9elFxM-yPPOcL5UV7zJuXOYkuC3AhM9r5TxeFYPkYMc_NAUwX55oxt7vBsqetIM4sDYTZ3gQpbSEYPYdb4MaBIX51c4UfHQEvySSIKau7ZOjUKppSH2t0UuX7IbczHlXGupb3AuBN8MqC9XfGRAAtfXxLMxuZOh1dC8pyKxonrQiMx_DwXjIIjf0ZwP/s1080/stenciling-kirstenvarga.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1080" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM9elFxM-yPPOcL5UV7zJuXOYkuC3AhM9r5TxeFYPkYMc_NAUwX55oxt7vBsqetIM4sDYTZ3gQpbSEYPYdb4MaBIX51c4UfHQEvySSIKau7ZOjUKppSH2t0UuX7IbczHlXGupb3AuBN8MqC9XfGRAAtfXxLMxuZOh1dC8pyKxonrQiMx_DwXjIIjf0ZwP/w640-h370/stenciling-kirstenvarga.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The traditional materials needed are quite simple, paper and thread, but the sky is the limit with what you can use. Think on the use and visual preference you want for your book and go from there. Covers can be made from cloth, leather or covered book board. Inside pages can be folded at the fore-edge or be single, unfolded sheets. The thread can be replaced with ribbon and the like.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gK647BRghoMbkNNa-In_aOVyImHd7Jpn7Px_1n2_gTHp1XF-vdj2ZSBPrO7nCrmJHkd2BN41MUSaUoCCBQEvAgzGGgfUcybarNyAgAmqWaazWbZ0NTMc15T8Ab2pqWTTv6gcYCQ_5K9vrL8yHSGpvCTqI7OToJoSkUS3LGYQySH9RTnHjZp13t31end6/s1080/beforestitching-kirstenvarga.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="1080" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gK647BRghoMbkNNa-In_aOVyImHd7Jpn7Px_1n2_gTHp1XF-vdj2ZSBPrO7nCrmJHkd2BN41MUSaUoCCBQEvAgzGGgfUcybarNyAgAmqWaazWbZ0NTMc15T8Ab2pqWTTv6gcYCQ_5K9vrL8yHSGpvCTqI7OToJoSkUS3LGYQySH9RTnHjZp13t31end6/w640-h310/beforestitching-kirstenvarga.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The binding process involves punching evenly spaced holes along the spine edge of the pages or folded sheets. These holes are then sewn through using a single length of thread, creating a series of stitches that secure the pages together. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some popular stitch patterns are Hemp leaf binding, Tortoise shell binding, and Noble binding.</span><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlWnB3c8SriDbewUhagPfnLwZn6oE2jpTj41hFE6cIgKMAzHdf1Gw2YsxOvWuoKJ-HnC5GrodgjjPZJYrellIMGe0fOXmdcVwIZGOBFB6mc01FcPAGiYGX1KcgefZahmoURyYVVMNoQmQgTxUlT8PFNKqw_5KdKURBgqNvY-ecegyWUqYK6LsFbYn404v/s1080/stitching-KirstenVarga.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1080" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlWnB3c8SriDbewUhagPfnLwZn6oE2jpTj41hFE6cIgKMAzHdf1Gw2YsxOvWuoKJ-HnC5GrodgjjPZJYrellIMGe0fOXmdcVwIZGOBFB6mc01FcPAGiYGX1KcgefZahmoURyYVVMNoQmQgTxUlT8PFNKqw_5KdKURBgqNvY-ecegyWUqYK6LsFbYn404v/w640-h328/stitching-KirstenVarga.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;">What can you use this type of bound book for? Journals, sketchbooks, guest books and photo albums to name a few.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> This simple binding is quite durable so it can have both practical and artistic purposes.</span><p></p></span></span><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3TA5BkYk6op0cxNuQG6WGu42-CIVwbi2S08pkNve_fbPvLWamUbeI4P4_yyD1orKsykkh_USuaT-EQsp_nVkSI25yTiu1jaqkOiXexRT1jhnjlt-XQK6d4H-Vaj2-xQZkr-pMRxF5_lPONKSVNYj3eWWRvkFh_AyXaK0VrW0vTRj2TSgEkiMXmBRQN8N/s1080/sideview-kirstenvarga.png" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1080" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3TA5BkYk6op0cxNuQG6WGu42-CIVwbi2S08pkNve_fbPvLWamUbeI4P4_yyD1orKsykkh_USuaT-EQsp_nVkSI25yTiu1jaqkOiXexRT1jhnjlt-XQK6d4H-Vaj2-xQZkr-pMRxF5_lPONKSVNYj3eWWRvkFh_AyXaK0VrW0vTRj2TSgEkiMXmBRQN8N/w640-h374/sideview-kirstenvarga.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The book I created for this post has a hardcover, is filled 80lb. drawing paper and is t</span><span style="background-color: white;">he basic Japanese version of stab binding, called Yotsume Toji, which roughly translates to “four holes”. I used handmade paper for the covers. Stenciling on the handmade paper was a delight!</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqB-Xh-NL6bv3z0MBluebtYymjykdVpQIloaxEv7NM-tZ3HMjbCvvL19hTVIFJyvj19uFfER4JfNsc7t7gnqVLVE0osj7kzMdOD7ONor_iD6dS7YEbbx4eB2cEjnPyi-_mYnC37G6oaw556TXo57SB1MC99mzyYSH2wdA9wnnsNalDAgSxkQOvg3L6hYM/s1080/beautyshot-supplies-kirstenvarga.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqB-Xh-NL6bv3z0MBluebtYymjykdVpQIloaxEv7NM-tZ3HMjbCvvL19hTVIFJyvj19uFfER4JfNsc7t7gnqVLVE0osj7kzMdOD7ONor_iD6dS7YEbbx4eB2cEjnPyi-_mYnC37G6oaw556TXo57SB1MC99mzyYSH2wdA9wnnsNalDAgSxkQOvg3L6hYM/s16000/beautyshot-supplies-kirstenvarga.png" /></a></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I created a tutorial video to show you all the details! Find it on the StencilGirl® YouTube channel <a href="https://youtu.be/hocYxOxJ-X0" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Creating!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaPnH7CUq8tLyDZYORx1MVXZcJSFQZrNiej60d1C-CH_eD_Z4rt_fW7REL1Qjc28bP02lkmRrDhCGF--fS5v78P3J1076ldFRG2PbfbJWv1GYT6rw3Glbw5i1NVCwCyEgPdobpu9Qu88mx_g1vIs3BjiPbY7T8ocnqI4TJNAOw2DxfRYKoJz9s3F6Zqcz/s1200/topviewopen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaPnH7CUq8tLyDZYORx1MVXZcJSFQZrNiej60d1C-CH_eD_Z4rt_fW7REL1Qjc28bP02lkmRrDhCGF--fS5v78P3J1076ldFRG2PbfbJWv1GYT6rw3Glbw5i1NVCwCyEgPdobpu9Qu88mx_g1vIs3BjiPbY7T8ocnqI4TJNAOw2DxfRYKoJz9s3F6Zqcz/s1200/topviewopen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="359" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGVldMH03v08YLkS9A0syZ3v88Ri5kYyvkz0kLIHlCRIMYbr2Zp_NUY8TkYceIk1LH6H2qzeT-i4-HKTNuWdKThA5bpmrHtUTwnUT7ODYq6BD0WuosQANItcT_WdsEjmL3euT2mSLpWGFkyOy-H2n6QaYL0I84x_T3y2iR7qXYSNMC6SRx_2ZCIpgg6w=w255-h320" style="color: black; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: left;" width="255" /></div></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Find me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kirstenvarga/" target="_blank">@kirstenvarga</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Supplies used:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f2324;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-corrugated-cardboard-lizzie-mayne-p/l276.htm" target="_blank">Corrugated Lines Stencil</a> (L276)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f2324;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f2324;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Handmade papers (I used three colors: natural, green and dark brown)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f2324;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">98 lb. drawing paper (17"x14" pad cut down to size)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f2324;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bookboard (for covers)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f2324;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cosmetic Sponges (to apply paint when stenciling)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">Acrylic Paint (I used Titan Buff, Sap Green and Quinacridone Nikel Azo Gold)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">Scissors, Craft knife and cutting mat</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ruler and Pencil</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">Bone Folder</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">PVA glue</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">Waxed Linen thread, needle</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">Japanese Screw Punch with 1/8" bit</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">Binder clips</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">Wax paper</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;">Heavy book</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f2324;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Kirstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06890476658191768259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-46312951895722951462024-03-06T00:00:00.063-06:002024-03-06T00:00:00.152-06:00Guest Designer Frieda Oxenham<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was rather taken
with the gelli plate printed deli and copy paper I made for my January 2024
Project. They were made using stencil <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/mask-Earth-Cat-Kerr-p/l988.htm">L988
Earth</a> and there were a lot of prints left over so I decided to make a few
more papers like them using different stencils.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto735HKtz2ptX2Y9B-SvIHip7pbv2BrluBHkZH_t9i0Zgi3DCESZ5ExykEFhKVAJ98RdShyphenhyphentW7KPiPUksHDDqWdJxkMChA2l4MvtfcAA212FzidQ_J68lSWiDSF1F01JshtLLBXyn76MjPZJr4BcYQocdlMxA3n62zaSUIv0tjGHco5fissNTPHC2dzHH/s4032/PicFinishedCards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto735HKtz2ptX2Y9B-SvIHip7pbv2BrluBHkZH_t9i0Zgi3DCESZ5ExykEFhKVAJ98RdShyphenhyphentW7KPiPUksHDDqWdJxkMChA2l4MvtfcAA212FzidQ_J68lSWiDSF1F01JshtLLBXyn76MjPZJr4BcYQocdlMxA3n62zaSUIv0tjGHco5fissNTPHC2dzHH/w640-h480/PicFinishedCards.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is the
tutorial:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Using
a 8 x 11” gelli plate with Payne’s Grey as well as Dark Blue acrylic paint,
cover the gelli plate with one of the paints, put a stencil on top and take
prints on both deli and copy paper. Remove the stencil and take more prints. I
used the following stencils: <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Jigsaw-Puzzle-Lizzie-Mayne-p/s141.htm">L141
Puzzle</a><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Circle-Around-Sarah-Short-p/l992.htm">,
L992 Circle Around</a><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Shape-Collection-Lucie-Duclos-p/ll1005.htm">,
LL1005 Shape Collection</a> and <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Winter-Wood-Jane-Monteith-p/l931.htm">L931
Winter Wood</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXx83gnl2NJAI_jsznhNvsjfuQwy3gRxoCDKBwvFS3xzxerosmBpK3ItzAxPJDVX9pqyiNEwXsK0XnwxvPsAsaKwsd5iXHrcwTeBaMs2irIwxlExr54AFb7se8x6HzE34TUVCtrQHBIR6KqWCl11-_D3whTTZN-lKj8p-NbgU6Q_uQkfIC9UhZdJ_d4Fmn/s4032/Pic1A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXx83gnl2NJAI_jsznhNvsjfuQwy3gRxoCDKBwvFS3xzxerosmBpK3ItzAxPJDVX9pqyiNEwXsK0XnwxvPsAsaKwsd5iXHrcwTeBaMs2irIwxlExr54AFb7se8x6HzE34TUVCtrQHBIR6KqWCl11-_D3whTTZN-lKj8p-NbgU6Q_uQkfIC9UhZdJ_d4Fmn/s320/Pic1A.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmtY7_nM0sIKAwxKow5w0Mrj_EYO4LSmTnnvGWP3v9F9AP9FzO3HOtvw1rRRAQ9ugpRfvP7Ge9DibBq9kHPXD55fP5mSk32bewML-AJ7vZVSeDWnxmvlxABB1ToGv422p67-USuhYORV3UKLjJB8nRYoytMVYWosdChb9K5_qvRi_gg9iZvTTG2KSFeWd/s4032/Pic1B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmtY7_nM0sIKAwxKow5w0Mrj_EYO4LSmTnnvGWP3v9F9AP9FzO3HOtvw1rRRAQ9ugpRfvP7Ge9DibBq9kHPXD55fP5mSk32bewML-AJ7vZVSeDWnxmvlxABB1ToGv422p67-USuhYORV3UKLjJB8nRYoytMVYWosdChb9K5_qvRi_gg9iZvTTG2KSFeWd/s320/Pic1B.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3O_cTBdgXoyztqIZEK1CaOEep1jOWRM5LoqM85Tvf7dg6m0JZJBvketGYQAZ4zhs6KrQp_T1vlrAp0dqCcScwRyUE_6ZTA0SBm63eo4yzJBTdV2i0zNdf9bDPhQpj1cqKQ3tCFjKRY3FlNG-84EOHUOTXOtXrfTtoUzhWWcuBgxxHRcBY8gbC58ZMQx2/s4032/Pic1C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3O_cTBdgXoyztqIZEK1CaOEep1jOWRM5LoqM85Tvf7dg6m0JZJBvketGYQAZ4zhs6KrQp_T1vlrAp0dqCcScwRyUE_6ZTA0SBm63eo4yzJBTdV2i0zNdf9bDPhQpj1cqKQ3tCFjKRY3FlNG-84EOHUOTXOtXrfTtoUzhWWcuBgxxHRcBY8gbC58ZMQx2/s320/Pic1C.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
couldn’t resist some overprinting on some of the sheets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4U8k6Yd-qNy-V4VpjAH_C4pl76Mi3wA2dVkfhRAnSQp_eLJ_bNfo4YQkxqAjnZjxSqugh7cWcBqO21k7sCnq_Ot4P-DxzbUmZbIEjrR17wslFRqEK-vMX6EYkxMb4tOSUJEX2So_8GVUpYyoPEwqS-qRSTEpVOsMkxlgNqcPVdGWyQWREC4ZuR9jJi89/s4032/Pic2A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4U8k6Yd-qNy-V4VpjAH_C4pl76Mi3wA2dVkfhRAnSQp_eLJ_bNfo4YQkxqAjnZjxSqugh7cWcBqO21k7sCnq_Ot4P-DxzbUmZbIEjrR17wslFRqEK-vMX6EYkxMb4tOSUJEX2So_8GVUpYyoPEwqS-qRSTEpVOsMkxlgNqcPVdGWyQWREC4ZuR9jJi89/s320/Pic2A.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZXsXkeY3WLh2KSpWmYaGVEq6XEkSEoGpB3_7jsA1p6F_wz2uklo1raskayf_akaGi4h5hLOpxXYP6bxSGYQYXm-elMofMdxFdmY_PCuONOOfQPZZdFN_oXJlDAbM53aA-wIiclDFNFudxay4BnJNCh5Rm63g8YfegffUoos7jaY-OkinPvew4H_fO3ny/s4032/Pic2B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-indent: -0.25in;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZXsXkeY3WLh2KSpWmYaGVEq6XEkSEoGpB3_7jsA1p6F_wz2uklo1raskayf_akaGi4h5hLOpxXYP6bxSGYQYXm-elMofMdxFdmY_PCuONOOfQPZZdFN_oXJlDAbM53aA-wIiclDFNFudxay4BnJNCh5Rm63g8YfegffUoos7jaY-OkinPvew4H_fO3ny/s320/Pic2B.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXvtDMQXWuTJXHYGqQFKKXEvDoxnDKdFE5_4AxNfeW26XBX3wz9YzVLrdBxfFVK-rZYT7kFfZ9-uhQY6mlASVeNHbP_CU6BmtgVo9CyIAZAoF7F9UGkAkRz6LkIA-NoeLz_3teAYYaQquisQsFgjxBvqjEyAIKgwdqUe3Z96Owoi-niPfuvumJyzhlki9/s4032/Pic2C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXvtDMQXWuTJXHYGqQFKKXEvDoxnDKdFE5_4AxNfeW26XBX3wz9YzVLrdBxfFVK-rZYT7kFfZ9-uhQY6mlASVeNHbP_CU6BmtgVo9CyIAZAoF7F9UGkAkRz6LkIA-NoeLz_3teAYYaQquisQsFgjxBvqjEyAIKgwdqUe3Z96Owoi-niPfuvumJyzhlki9/s320/Pic2C.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
added some vintage and wrapping paper to the mix of collage materials. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY4TRQbuJ0sVfs2KqXSjRtzyfw4CtnJs508MJPcXLOth6OPjPc1noyyWmiuN3P5s1QWtu2QrdxrqS2qQun8vZB0TCWccUcSvy29y_ejXV7HtmHTNF1Y2g3giMFXdkz2Ks9udv_qROH4uDS_zliNOYHSiK0NjIUcI938SlVdwiifFfAZd9-i4EAXwg09ZY/s4032/Pic3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY4TRQbuJ0sVfs2KqXSjRtzyfw4CtnJs508MJPcXLOth6OPjPc1noyyWmiuN3P5s1QWtu2QrdxrqS2qQun8vZB0TCWccUcSvy29y_ejXV7HtmHTNF1Y2g3giMFXdkz2Ks9udv_qROH4uDS_zliNOYHSiK0NjIUcI938SlVdwiifFfAZd9-i4EAXwg09ZY/s320/Pic3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Glue
(I used an UHU glue stick but matte medium also works fine) collage pieces onto
the background. In my case the background consisted of 4 x 6” Strathmore
watercolor postcards. I was only going to work on a few but somehow used up the
entire pack of 15 postcards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfTdQ72VqKB5ky_KqOD2GHXULj8WZz6FENbk8hhhks6vlZ8e1GoPeCKDgrRbqvvhqtQFmohxJQhNnjHlBY3aWv29dA9_jWcBJpjgEPfldA2uZemfrhVGn-mleymFjgX1NCmXDOjvSKTWrhzxxP4tf0svSzhzO7A-n99Hto_VpTjyj3hXetUHOHVO8qpfz/s3333/Pic4A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3333" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfTdQ72VqKB5ky_KqOD2GHXULj8WZz6FENbk8hhhks6vlZ8e1GoPeCKDgrRbqvvhqtQFmohxJQhNnjHlBY3aWv29dA9_jWcBJpjgEPfldA2uZemfrhVGn-mleymFjgX1NCmXDOjvSKTWrhzxxP4tf0svSzhzO7A-n99Hto_VpTjyj3hXetUHOHVO8qpfz/s320/Pic4A.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42QBnB64gcdwj_Iak24gUwng4SIkJKevOYwkOBXYyXmbGiTtIyGAKMCb3SpdOSRPuFTyH7wJl2sH3m1bEMTERg1stIxHlgFqs646pHnlKdiJaMyrRsT5aCUUOaahomZzXqbvfvH82do0BChrz9bJ65mxLwS5PwdZiWK1P1y685o4WuZM9q_7tgfkguk3N/s4032/Pic4B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42QBnB64gcdwj_Iak24gUwng4SIkJKevOYwkOBXYyXmbGiTtIyGAKMCb3SpdOSRPuFTyH7wJl2sH3m1bEMTERg1stIxHlgFqs646pHnlKdiJaMyrRsT5aCUUOaahomZzXqbvfvH82do0BChrz9bJ65mxLwS5PwdZiWK1P1y685o4WuZM9q_7tgfkguk3N/s320/Pic4B.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Using
a 5 x 7” gelli plate and a variety of <b>translucent</b> acrylic paints (mine
were by Golden), take partial prints on your postcards till you’re happy with
how they look. One of the colours I used was a gold one to add a bit of
sparkle. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLB_RW9Kofx9x5CUNZ-2O8aWRQrrtAmOy_oicE-r-wM9Ar-7ifobQ1kU-n7i29IF3JSH4mMnK0F-NnUk_2qBokeFlKBpof67WtHoDexLu1Ppyp0HMfJ-KAwePz5fcRdH7FTibMhMhuRDBhU-j6mahK_j6B-rYFHGJhprlI6HNBGm4ARmBO_hleP0aIy7eU/s2999/Pic5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2957" data-original-width="2999" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLB_RW9Kofx9x5CUNZ-2O8aWRQrrtAmOy_oicE-r-wM9Ar-7ifobQ1kU-n7i29IF3JSH4mMnK0F-NnUk_2qBokeFlKBpof67WtHoDexLu1Ppyp0HMfJ-KAwePz5fcRdH7FTibMhMhuRDBhU-j6mahK_j6B-rYFHGJhprlI6HNBGm4ARmBO_hleP0aIy7eU/s320/Pic5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Glue
on some more imagery from the papers made in step 1 to some of the postcards
where you feel it is needed<span style="color: red;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nsCTcDxc8chGMfc7hbpVeuMCVlebAV7rNCv8EEsOoXLqUSL4dJXhB_Lf-I5qVFgj9rihdbJvc0h50323-kOY3upYRmYtGl3wjvJPbbND66C7pcqJtXPAH_XL4DorKS5fVP9ShrP2jhcCmpBDELcZpoQGfaH8GzMYRx8QHCy5WpZKXfs30MLLBjr_KT32/s3036/Pic6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="2874" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nsCTcDxc8chGMfc7hbpVeuMCVlebAV7rNCv8EEsOoXLqUSL4dJXhB_Lf-I5qVFgj9rihdbJvc0h50323-kOY3upYRmYtGl3wjvJPbbND66C7pcqJtXPAH_XL4DorKS5fVP9ShrP2jhcCmpBDELcZpoQGfaH8GzMYRx8QHCy5WpZKXfs30MLLBjr_KT32/s320/Pic6.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Outline
the imagery from step 6 with oil pastels<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Glue
on matching (in colour) postage stamps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-H0mtxGOf7iZIezSfSjwaW8hK8ikH1CoanyPqTJ46XWiteFqll7-yEGbpQ_h0onOMaGlbnaUI-POjy-c34zS8CyVRddLDtacknOggB9bI3knOvAXn2DSzhNMHtXS1AKMeXVPwdAIF3BzewbY0oSKsvZPkvi1QzdOFj1xdcywQ54aZAxJeBupclrrtSiQC/s3600/Pic8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2362" data-original-width="3600" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-H0mtxGOf7iZIezSfSjwaW8hK8ikH1CoanyPqTJ46XWiteFqll7-yEGbpQ_h0onOMaGlbnaUI-POjy-c34zS8CyVRddLDtacknOggB9bI3knOvAXn2DSzhNMHtXS1AKMeXVPwdAIF3BzewbY0oSKsvZPkvi1QzdOFj1xdcywQ54aZAxJeBupclrrtSiQC/s320/Pic8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Edge
the cards with a gold paint marker (mine is by Posca).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Finish
off the cards with a layer of fluid matte medium</span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyQJQCuT1xGlN5pXELblm99GIAJfiG0VVJHZyERO5esfgd8WsjKfOzToND08S2BOw68PqKMLc50RCx5Ij7fSLbv5p_xiVTY8sYZn8O6iR1QWKIBmcBmAvUlFPEIh2ShOQeE3TcvoL2QuiHxd3fazldLhsuQMgnySn2pdAo6rAlzMuxdj6j0FNiMvx0HB5/s3555/Card1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2510" data-original-width="3555" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyQJQCuT1xGlN5pXELblm99GIAJfiG0VVJHZyERO5esfgd8WsjKfOzToND08S2BOw68PqKMLc50RCx5Ij7fSLbv5p_xiVTY8sYZn8O6iR1QWKIBmcBmAvUlFPEIh2ShOQeE3TcvoL2QuiHxd3fazldLhsuQMgnySn2pdAo6rAlzMuxdj6j0FNiMvx0HB5/s320/Card1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUR-Dw-D8r__DVAosRP2PDsYOd-nGESdFUsH7ANpBHLmDT1LKVHfwk74FXh6co8f7aXbWM-zw8diFKlg3fgA1zqo_kL92OdIIHIRZkNCs_MrThZ1ATSARGVZmN3aV_KOpjcVTyI0uWxYV4b8dMrxzI37dE-nA3buPCrpeVVy4UxyMcyuBjBHm7e0lVexdv/s3886/Card2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2753" data-original-width="3886" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUR-Dw-D8r__DVAosRP2PDsYOd-nGESdFUsH7ANpBHLmDT1LKVHfwk74FXh6co8f7aXbWM-zw8diFKlg3fgA1zqo_kL92OdIIHIRZkNCs_MrThZ1ATSARGVZmN3aV_KOpjcVTyI0uWxYV4b8dMrxzI37dE-nA3buPCrpeVVy4UxyMcyuBjBHm7e0lVexdv/s320/Card2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6odTkfDtFhHTCUcqqKCYln4Q2fxl0Jm20eqmK0_e9gi2lYjLSI1fz-oNz07SyU90EzFl0drNYXvMmzXM-McF3wGRse_QaRnpaN-wdRx-C3WfNWibKr4iXWeQPxhsqigrZHyA_RgziJg6UmNxIKoDx0SbmoGqVEe5EF1qRe9l0vnEw2jsHiZcPEPKPcdcC/s3299/Card3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3299" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6odTkfDtFhHTCUcqqKCYln4Q2fxl0Jm20eqmK0_e9gi2lYjLSI1fz-oNz07SyU90EzFl0drNYXvMmzXM-McF3wGRse_QaRnpaN-wdRx-C3WfNWibKr4iXWeQPxhsqigrZHyA_RgziJg6UmNxIKoDx0SbmoGqVEe5EF1qRe9l0vnEw2jsHiZcPEPKPcdcC/s320/Card3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjL5xKaqeSffAhPprvTJ5Kw3O1k6IPEnwCffUhivzDbyHrRaxp-8G1QGjmltgqEX7zBKwAPcfjeJ60e-Xhzze1tfMMshRFwcHx74vKT6d23DHHweGPMfqwuMo0xd3jRsLGXixsYBDsDIAbFdq5q58mLmQFdiosnLAYN3g5qDmbLBcLiwqMKQw8ACI1F8ro/s3692/Card4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2637" data-original-width="3692" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjL5xKaqeSffAhPprvTJ5Kw3O1k6IPEnwCffUhivzDbyHrRaxp-8G1QGjmltgqEX7zBKwAPcfjeJ60e-Xhzze1tfMMshRFwcHx74vKT6d23DHHweGPMfqwuMo0xd3jRsLGXixsYBDsDIAbFdq5q58mLmQFdiosnLAYN3g5qDmbLBcLiwqMKQw8ACI1F8ro/s320/Card4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvYZhxv0F1IdvGaPJJuyjbvJClSQn1yxSNnUAjQYj2a2abHklUbORgWh-C9eOHkUNVOQCuuxkOb0b2j69122LkGzFEX8vEfzca5zpowAnDFKwMKYtnXJ6sQH5RyyyzHTKymFEkjkiO20I-4kZVyNwmoM2mqhX2_58wGxQtwdNxCVIwgCIon4FOjEYu5Sq/s3927/Card5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2719" data-original-width="3927" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvYZhxv0F1IdvGaPJJuyjbvJClSQn1yxSNnUAjQYj2a2abHklUbORgWh-C9eOHkUNVOQCuuxkOb0b2j69122LkGzFEX8vEfzca5zpowAnDFKwMKYtnXJ6sQH5RyyyzHTKymFEkjkiO20I-4kZVyNwmoM2mqhX2_58wGxQtwdNxCVIwgCIon4FOjEYu5Sq/s320/Card5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><script type="text/javascript">
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</script><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hCU_uVipBbzKeSjWNt4nn4zsEiROYuA7TuXDplJPmR2IYF32o5pKcC9m4BA0y28clk_YNxWpzxughfqhHH-61fIBZffrZD7h4XtXqby9-hWolYPFVREBdYZJo22gdgyai8_VQMGox8IBmrnIFSf5paC-zKKVrZht1G1mhYCpBm-LeYE7l33m3IHpPsM/s4001/IMG_1087.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3017" data-original-width="4001" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hCU_uVipBbzKeSjWNt4nn4zsEiROYuA7TuXDplJPmR2IYF32o5pKcC9m4BA0y28clk_YNxWpzxughfqhHH-61fIBZffrZD7h4XtXqby9-hWolYPFVREBdYZJo22gdgyai8_VQMGox8IBmrnIFSf5paC-zKKVrZht1G1mhYCpBm-LeYE7l33m3IHpPsM/w640-h482/IMG_1087.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Hello Creative Friends, </div><div><br /></div><div>I for one love creating my own art journals and as a curious creative I am endlessly experimenting with unique and interesting shapes for my journals.</div><div><br /></div><div>Todays little journal is created with two diffent stencils. <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/searchresults.asp?Search=l150&Submit=" target="_blank">Striped Leaves</a> stencil created by Terri Stegmiller and <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-sprigs-cecilia-swatton-p/s523.htm" target="_blank">Sprigs</a> stencil created by Cecilia Swatton.</div><div><br /></div><div>I love the creative possibilities both these stencils offer.</div><div>The Striped Leaves stencil hosts a variety of 6 leaves and an assortment of various size circles and the Sprigs stencil is full of lovely flourishes.</div><div>In addition to this project the stencils can be incorporated in your art a mulititude of ways which can be found under the description and details of each one.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Let's get started!</div><div><br /></div><div>On a gel plate spread your choice of acrylic paint. This will be the base colour of the leaves.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJdzg5gdKnzUTziNE0HzybDKQ7_nNAaXqO_PgBkI79OaRpdExbrNfFR-m7WOjpOczJXDPZ_vn6DqQ6oGXN4rD4UDtECx4HI8wj0bWcJ8_yeHViyt1vuW11zGSqevk713Dkid7RtehavqIThAfLJ6Q3gcBgwBP8Zr6iYe7-S90eXHOZ9FcZydjqwNRArQ/s4032/IMG_1057.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJdzg5gdKnzUTziNE0HzybDKQ7_nNAaXqO_PgBkI79OaRpdExbrNfFR-m7WOjpOczJXDPZ_vn6DqQ6oGXN4rD4UDtECx4HI8wj0bWcJ8_yeHViyt1vuW11zGSqevk713Dkid7RtehavqIThAfLJ6Q3gcBgwBP8Zr6iYe7-S90eXHOZ9FcZydjqwNRArQ/w480-h640/IMG_1057.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>place watercolour or mixed media paper down and pull the paint ( a sturdy paper is needed and will be used for the front and back covers)</li></ul></div><div><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhl6m0GE9qsOBdK6Soyugre9GvftY4MzJffK9hog00dAxuhaSyVbmAFDZf1OiTGH80rew1ZsbXqPgQRGyKi4VsaBRBPKX1R6BlV62SQZzvx_Xrq8oGglZpcLcwGfUmPXDI07dluWjuU_B1x4nELc0xqM_7vzWaOEYChspa_1T4CnwgkuKwUNDIah2BElY/s4032/IMG_1069.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhl6m0GE9qsOBdK6Soyugre9GvftY4MzJffK9hog00dAxuhaSyVbmAFDZf1OiTGH80rew1ZsbXqPgQRGyKi4VsaBRBPKX1R6BlV62SQZzvx_Xrq8oGglZpcLcwGfUmPXDI07dluWjuU_B1x4nELc0xqM_7vzWaOEYChspa_1T4CnwgkuKwUNDIah2BElY/w480-h640/IMG_1069.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>Adding the layers ~ add a contrasting colour directly on top of the base (step 1) I am adding black~it adds wonderful contrast and depth </div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW4e7_r4ljVo9jTMJc8DOLf_QegQ5FQMN9z_G9TqJ6OA_u5wYuo2Tzg3GOWsmTV_OYtPKtaKqUnix86si4drl-g_3gB1Av2JuyT0gyvC7TIoyH6qNP1d5iOMgDyhgbBHNPGFBnOijHn3Z0hgy7Vd-ASRRF2LqUNTf2BRHXIE9TM6tPO-6uZ7hpWSvEcE/s4032/IMG_1070.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW4e7_r4ljVo9jTMJc8DOLf_QegQ5FQMN9z_G9TqJ6OA_u5wYuo2Tzg3GOWsmTV_OYtPKtaKqUnix86si4drl-g_3gB1Av2JuyT0gyvC7TIoyH6qNP1d5iOMgDyhgbBHNPGFBnOijHn3Z0hgy7Vd-ASRRF2LqUNTf2BRHXIE9TM6tPO-6uZ7hpWSvEcE/w480-h640/IMG_1070.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>While the paint is still wet, place the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/category-s/2132.htm" target="_blank">sprigs</a> stencil on top and with a baby wipe remove excess paint to reveal the delicate outlines (see below). </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3N53L7h7J1lnFegwhM8lqz99sLTP0jFeFSUEKXhLDeCLxNp_6oBkfE9MTwfTEbRAoLRNo3R0RY8a4sqKIcsGo9enA9KvHAzGyOrqtPLL_ILyTY3-vo926v0HMojBLlC6bOj9tjlz5RPsMkUs59DTpBYgwyBXCIU5yAmKk-ombGytdP3-zfNlXLsD1vY/s4032/IMG_1071.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3N53L7h7J1lnFegwhM8lqz99sLTP0jFeFSUEKXhLDeCLxNp_6oBkfE9MTwfTEbRAoLRNo3R0RY8a4sqKIcsGo9enA9KvHAzGyOrqtPLL_ILyTY3-vo926v0HMojBLlC6bOj9tjlz5RPsMkUs59DTpBYgwyBXCIU5yAmKk-ombGytdP3-zfNlXLsD1vY/w480-h640/IMG_1071.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Allow to completely dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvw_FUtzRKTWH667gPokZmmGYJox_iMgtWoV9C1xDRsbxMM75y_Xjkfro_QvqX1RsBf6g0AYGjU0158xHX1gBl3ix-Wfwz2LWLH4BsnTHLi9Td7I66-8lwTlgO0FjhUxnaNKbHFCj1crovDGylPieJUZq1JXPbFEfKfESnN5q18FmL6qPXOrwbN_YNbNw/s4032/IMG_1072.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvw_FUtzRKTWH667gPokZmmGYJox_iMgtWoV9C1xDRsbxMM75y_Xjkfro_QvqX1RsBf6g0AYGjU0158xHX1gBl3ix-Wfwz2LWLH4BsnTHLi9Td7I66-8lwTlgO0FjhUxnaNKbHFCj1crovDGylPieJUZq1JXPbFEfKfESnN5q18FmL6qPXOrwbN_YNbNw/w480-h640/IMG_1072.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the final layer, add white acrylic paint. Select the leaf you will be using from <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-striped-leaves-terri-stegmiller-p/l150.htm">Stiped Leaves</a> stencil, place that section on to your paper and once again remove excess paint with the baby wipe. This will real the beautiful background we created above</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzndao9AP-Vmu848XbfhYdy0YJeSy5o0OfZ5RPsXceNCvLsK29J-pU2xv3lSmQ7kwQDMrS_Dzv-iqKXXVkI6iEM5wre7Z8T0md0xdhfHXEkUsJy3ew88pTMloCqds3HrxVrUmMLQIWIqSdxOTogl7fK-Q0VosnThJhdxAvfaHfMvLdGFerl0rSngdTkE/s4032/IMG_1073.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzndao9AP-Vmu848XbfhYdy0YJeSy5o0OfZ5RPsXceNCvLsK29J-pU2xv3lSmQ7kwQDMrS_Dzv-iqKXXVkI6iEM5wre7Z8T0md0xdhfHXEkUsJy3ew88pTMloCqds3HrxVrUmMLQIWIqSdxOTogl7fK-Q0VosnThJhdxAvfaHfMvLdGFerl0rSngdTkE/w480-h640/IMG_1073.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>NOTE: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>lift the stencil and flip it over so that now we have the mirror image of the leaf. Remove excess paint as before. These are the front and back covers of your journal</li><li>repeat the process with the various leaf sizes and these will be used as journal pages </li><li>if you prefer both sides of the leaves to have pattern then repeat the above process on the other side of your watercolour or mixedmedia paper</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAgSzWplrf5jwap435yEmeeuUMJUSnHyrZnWF53gnPxoHuRpI96lNAY5iPXcxh8un7NXZbhL_UUTEkB0xoocRraJsV1JbZcoqNfrOIGS_1RsFDkvs7j_EsiMEM0MFvLb1sCq0NNsSNqbSg2nK6ewDjCRDD9R_s_mgdnTvtn4hhIFUz-XFGHYjXcnZRK8/s4032/IMG_1076.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAgSzWplrf5jwap435yEmeeuUMJUSnHyrZnWF53gnPxoHuRpI96lNAY5iPXcxh8un7NXZbhL_UUTEkB0xoocRraJsV1JbZcoqNfrOIGS_1RsFDkvs7j_EsiMEM0MFvLb1sCq0NNsSNqbSg2nK6ewDjCRDD9R_s_mgdnTvtn4hhIFUz-XFGHYjXcnZRK8/w480-h640/IMG_1076.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cut out the leaves and place to the side with the exception of the front cover leaf</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmG0toXBiQ7Fqk_nVoVxstzaXNJkU4wat6AbZh9EHiaRibPtGyqJ6O4Su1-KaZMXerp__OmaGXONFfNLuYC8oGngWOKWuQRRG-A1nZH5k06ao6oUUEqlMFmIiq2pw365fJSK1ZrxwnNx7OCxi1-a5lTuQLR11GrbUHnzRsjAQgHg8WK7lmzaBjtjEAS0/s4032/IMG_1078.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmG0toXBiQ7Fqk_nVoVxstzaXNJkU4wat6AbZh9EHiaRibPtGyqJ6O4Su1-KaZMXerp__OmaGXONFfNLuYC8oGngWOKWuQRRG-A1nZH5k06ao6oUUEqlMFmIiq2pw365fJSK1ZrxwnNx7OCxi1-a5lTuQLR11GrbUHnzRsjAQgHg8WK7lmzaBjtjEAS0/w480-h640/IMG_1078.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Use the top cover leaf as a template ~ trace and cut as many pages as you like to fill your journal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used dyed found papers from old books, some painted papers and some stenciled papers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQD-spSclTMEHXTl5whylypk5AMB5iLy8IxcwFWbvDmwhN6IIANkXrYQHtcOwXwJKeNLBU6i93AT57OVppkRPvcc6p7009qCD25X9Swviq-_7QCn5TrxxO2e_wGPjsQ9m83gFWoSUqBVLd_MVGhIWbUEqaqVvmzA01yw6QhSHkebl2cQswhIHsUTpmqM/s4032/IMG_1081.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQD-spSclTMEHXTl5whylypk5AMB5iLy8IxcwFWbvDmwhN6IIANkXrYQHtcOwXwJKeNLBU6i93AT57OVppkRPvcc6p7009qCD25X9Swviq-_7QCn5TrxxO2e_wGPjsQ9m83gFWoSUqBVLd_MVGhIWbUEqaqVvmzA01yw6QhSHkebl2cQswhIHsUTpmqM/w480-h640/IMG_1081.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stack your leaf pages together and puch a hole in one end </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiHaRN7YvkVt0S-K-eD6oOIa9YqtNR22airh1dj2mQCBHWScjOLOG1KFGoL-d9cNU-16-fumJURhe3VmdQWPWtfkiWYUAIyeoZJc0mXdel2FTFyIgrMGrCp_b_wW_9rh3MlOcBQI2sCQ4YFNBqIUi47Kzr8OcEz-J0gjX7hxnCm0nl4D6HiUVREFznU8/s4032/IMG_1082.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiHaRN7YvkVt0S-K-eD6oOIa9YqtNR22airh1dj2mQCBHWScjOLOG1KFGoL-d9cNU-16-fumJURhe3VmdQWPWtfkiWYUAIyeoZJc0mXdel2FTFyIgrMGrCp_b_wW_9rh3MlOcBQI2sCQ4YFNBqIUi47Kzr8OcEz-J0gjX7hxnCm0nl4D6HiUVREFznU8/w480-h640/IMG_1082.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now for the my aha! moment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I could not for the life of me find a ring clip that would work and I was concidering some thin rope but then I saw these! Yes they are shower curtain rings and let me tell you they work so much better than a regular ring. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhAmvbGqLmPbmRDXRbT-SMradhBS5XbpjJfqVsNJ3BWo3AIhPrLEHI-OIxFBZvBwjJCB40JFB2xVaXTv9t3J3E_GBKoTYL9AdeLUI5iJxN0ouVvPBsJ5gjleAbt-2u1mtGI43hPpWP18P7JK-IiLU9rclZPEjVTKvSJsQ3UhlUlEXvYi_1OU674tXHRo/s4032/IMG_1083.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhAmvbGqLmPbmRDXRbT-SMradhBS5XbpjJfqVsNJ3BWo3AIhPrLEHI-OIxFBZvBwjJCB40JFB2xVaXTv9t3J3E_GBKoTYL9AdeLUI5iJxN0ouVvPBsJ5gjleAbt-2u1mtGI43hPpWP18P7JK-IiLU9rclZPEjVTKvSJsQ3UhlUlEXvYi_1OU674tXHRo/w480-h640/IMG_1083.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This made me so happy!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WR8pliJe_VKeKfY5IO4g6fibVq2AMxb5rlFwjligRXKauTSVsFZJHkSSf7ccJTETs8LfsOzEt2MC2tpRnlL-4UnRitz1aHEtJgObNC-QoG5Q_0wgfwa-RAzRzuN4wBpgSUie_Mc883kND-0MJGz07Ta1gMTBkUh5hiq_rnbKtkvE4FOvpMLVyHqETys/s4032/IMG_1084.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WR8pliJe_VKeKfY5IO4g6fibVq2AMxb5rlFwjligRXKauTSVsFZJHkSSf7ccJTETs8LfsOzEt2MC2tpRnlL-4UnRitz1aHEtJgObNC-QoG5Q_0wgfwa-RAzRzuN4wBpgSUie_Mc883kND-0MJGz07Ta1gMTBkUh5hiq_rnbKtkvE4FOvpMLVyHqETys/w480-h640/IMG_1084.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For added flair, tie some vintage ribbons, lace and torn strips of fabric.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTW3jr7yMunBNVPUS2akDHI_pUDHSHjp__Flvhy_fGP_7CUrNIh0hEl8EChShc6NgroWjYAiZPPnJimDJPPfGfv8vTxpYxEPwJbw8CHCaPZtPjh_K6Ul2TopG_bfLcfQHT8qQQoVi0zeF_EaWswGUhCE6TduYJLMB19RGQa7wdGtUKvPpaS1wkf9xRso/s753/IMG_1088.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="752" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTW3jr7yMunBNVPUS2akDHI_pUDHSHjp__Flvhy_fGP_7CUrNIh0hEl8EChShc6NgroWjYAiZPPnJimDJPPfGfv8vTxpYxEPwJbw8CHCaPZtPjh_K6Ul2TopG_bfLcfQHT8qQQoVi0zeF_EaWswGUhCE6TduYJLMB19RGQa7wdGtUKvPpaS1wkf9xRso/w467-h403/IMG_1088.PNG" width="467" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you for stopping by. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy creating your own Striped Leaf journal and adorning it with all the bits that represent you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Supply List:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjyoO1rRSvH9YP9BSH3qTYLovYmD1peWcW5j2GgD5ci82unqZkuEylxdV5IsE2VQ76fSBcnN6gXIGfp8Ulrb4R1fJROhjPTZ2VRvR9eLwfCtgBCVfOKT8NTZhtbQMePHIB7Yl3gaMbRoIm0bwH9fJxTxotuyEnEm6IXv8Qtl0tMtMir1wN6u2BJBDK6s/s741/IMG_1091.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjyoO1rRSvH9YP9BSH3qTYLovYmD1peWcW5j2GgD5ci82unqZkuEylxdV5IsE2VQ76fSBcnN6gXIGfp8Ulrb4R1fJROhjPTZ2VRvR9eLwfCtgBCVfOKT8NTZhtbQMePHIB7Yl3gaMbRoIm0bwH9fJxTxotuyEnEm6IXv8Qtl0tMtMir1wN6u2BJBDK6s/s320/IMG_1091.PNG" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tinahoisart/" target="_blank">Instagram @tinahoisart</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBojQbmxqcPKIot2nexztMw" target="_blank">YouTube</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />Tina Hoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431975911627933379noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-54562965728361216742024-02-26T02:00:00.013-06:002024-02-26T02:00:00.140-06:00 A Map of Us<script type="text/javascript">
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Everything in the store is hearts, red and pink. When my husband and I were married, we decided that we weren't going to get pulled into the commercialism of Valentine's Day. What kind of a relationship does one have if they only show each other love on February 14th, once a year? Not to mention the overpriced candy and flowers. But when it comes down to it, I am a female and I want to be romanced. I love it when my husband comes home with flowers or a special gift. I love it when he does the unexpected to surprise me. Over the last few years, we have done a little something for the other not because we mutually agreed to start celebrating Valentine's Day, but because we have found it to be just one more opportunity to tell the other what we love about them.</div><div><br /></div><div>This year, I decided to map out "Our Story," We have gone through some hard things in the past year and it seemed like the perfect time to commemorate all the battles fought and won in our marriage.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_O0eDhyZFkB8kBeZ9_8rMwfpbyJQVAW1GIhVIF0MhvY13We-iBD-_D0K44uRGEjBTJeQaRfKT6mM-1HXB_ZJcdzJzTMK9n3NgnV9caQi6ftUuHk6Eqzd75kMbSBDV_M4IB4tv1LEc8OwaG12_OPgiFHjMA4FUr877IinXeXFrYmzpaffz5y1XUwlYkg2/s3189/Heart%20Map%201.0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2219" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_O0eDhyZFkB8kBeZ9_8rMwfpbyJQVAW1GIhVIF0MhvY13We-iBD-_D0K44uRGEjBTJeQaRfKT6mM-1HXB_ZJcdzJzTMK9n3NgnV9caQi6ftUuHk6Eqzd75kMbSBDV_M4IB4tv1LEc8OwaG12_OPgiFHjMA4FUr877IinXeXFrYmzpaffz5y1XUwlYkg2/w446-h640/Heart%20Map%201.0.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To start this project, I created a sketch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1GDtbSwBfJpQZcca1Ak6bzbQEAj0I5qWF1nmqbqp-J3vrietz8MUkt1giXjAM009oh_lOMGP3YdSgmySdirFKpvJJcwvDnvCEcgjM-B6cOxqMDyr8bbbkH40ud1wTem7lsjsI_vK8Vw3CMvvwemP3qRn4HsmIgy_kiwJXW_4yObuOvt_bBoSlPR0P-y5/s3235/Heart%20Map%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3235" data-original-width="2236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1GDtbSwBfJpQZcca1Ak6bzbQEAj0I5qWF1nmqbqp-J3vrietz8MUkt1giXjAM009oh_lOMGP3YdSgmySdirFKpvJJcwvDnvCEcgjM-B6cOxqMDyr8bbbkH40ud1wTem7lsjsI_vK8Vw3CMvvwemP3qRn4HsmIgy_kiwJXW_4yObuOvt_bBoSlPR0P-y5/w442-h640/Heart%20Map%201.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Using stencils and other reference material, I came up with a final sketch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwEwI4iGQZ5ZvsLROgTxBIri39Lv6-EQaUPZcVq58sm18YS8Ak0gDhmm4-AVN239heXXdsunHDfUvg8VqMXv2NM4FYpAhB3Bd5RjGHa2i7utXKPNkl0oqMbQgnYxHrX_mjdsMSeVIr5KyhZtokypk2LtjTqyGWB22f7-KLCnwHOg9koS5BHAIJjzlPReC/s3235/Heart%20Map%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3235" data-original-width="2236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwEwI4iGQZ5ZvsLROgTxBIri39Lv6-EQaUPZcVq58sm18YS8Ak0gDhmm4-AVN239heXXdsunHDfUvg8VqMXv2NM4FYpAhB3Bd5RjGHa2i7utXKPNkl0oqMbQgnYxHrX_mjdsMSeVIr5KyhZtokypk2LtjTqyGWB22f7-KLCnwHOg9koS5BHAIJjzlPReC/w442-h640/Heart%20Map%202.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my favorite reference materials was <i>How To Make Hand-Drawn Maps by Helen Cann.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFIwZZVisOwxmb3Af7wr1iiQRbIsK5n9HjU9Bh897A7dWLQ8Kgjc3KeXzX_aHKVdVa1JTsVNmXxZYvqdSrxHRBjuh7aFYYosgl9vEC7egsCCgWzbyLhnUVD6eKzxD6ZhkscjNbrL8u3cHqHGEqH1oRg5Yn_PEeoIinMGMTNLKUiomdYGUIfkOZnImc3GF/s3235/Heart%20Map%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3235" data-original-width="2236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFIwZZVisOwxmb3Af7wr1iiQRbIsK5n9HjU9Bh897A7dWLQ8Kgjc3KeXzX_aHKVdVa1JTsVNmXxZYvqdSrxHRBjuh7aFYYosgl9vEC7egsCCgWzbyLhnUVD6eKzxD6ZhkscjNbrL8u3cHqHGEqH1oRg5Yn_PEeoIinMGMTNLKUiomdYGUIfkOZnImc3GF/w442-h640/Heart%20Map%203.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My sketch was transferred to watercolor paper using a pencil and graphite transfer paper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZPcmexNrGYgo-c7RilnUPtWhu9nZbG-c9x2T54PQ_-AAvi2I6pQFFuG75wz45Mg95QFi6YkTl1r4swKQOCXWjnlGMV9xBIZL8HIj2AewKuyMyeP7uF09EL9LjOegJzq4elMON0Cifys7TqRHGOwp0u4lACFcb_c274qfqtq4r4W89BwFRq63IoCgV7aG/s3544/Heart%20Map%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2242" data-original-width="3544" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZPcmexNrGYgo-c7RilnUPtWhu9nZbG-c9x2T54PQ_-AAvi2I6pQFFuG75wz45Mg95QFi6YkTl1r4swKQOCXWjnlGMV9xBIZL8HIj2AewKuyMyeP7uF09EL9LjOegJzq4elMON0Cifys7TqRHGOwp0u4lACFcb_c274qfqtq4r4W89BwFRq63IoCgV7aG/w640-h404/Heart%20Map%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found a color palette that went with my theme and mixed up the colors before beginning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrgPV5zniPFYo8b2Nn-ekTTrtrOXKuThZiQgOj_HDFFDFD_BITd1AYFQhq6bDm7Qh5RFEiaVJS5MFQElgwbKSK-f7LFukjKx4v_C39FlF7IIODgajNUW5ffDDRhIG6Ac9a-WrCBbBn944uoYuqwa1NBdo5BWkfMAjxPFxLuE3KcDN7PYlvk43vXQtla7D/s3318/Heart%20Map%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2144" data-original-width="3318" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrgPV5zniPFYo8b2Nn-ekTTrtrOXKuThZiQgOj_HDFFDFD_BITd1AYFQhq6bDm7Qh5RFEiaVJS5MFQElgwbKSK-f7LFukjKx4v_C39FlF7IIODgajNUW5ffDDRhIG6Ac9a-WrCBbBn944uoYuqwa1NBdo5BWkfMAjxPFxLuE3KcDN7PYlvk43vXQtla7D/w640-h414/Heart%20Map%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I applied my first layer of color. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhuAkCnHZDZukJAXeTJeY9WetAI3atNjuhisBNr29thM0QN9y0qaXdKtXLWHalu4OGpksRkadKG-kqsQnoZcWvm2CzPNHYa_F1bzcXL8gAtRsbvBBKc3cTul4kIYbhlM1jDnYJvDCTUX7KV6DuKNwH9516vm_8JwJFysE_vNWqDHIAnsGDzUNiktSrG4R/s3570/Heart%20Map%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="3570" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhuAkCnHZDZukJAXeTJeY9WetAI3atNjuhisBNr29thM0QN9y0qaXdKtXLWHalu4OGpksRkadKG-kqsQnoZcWvm2CzPNHYa_F1bzcXL8gAtRsbvBBKc3cTul4kIYbhlM1jDnYJvDCTUX7KV6DuKNwH9516vm_8JwJFysE_vNWqDHIAnsGDzUNiktSrG4R/w640-h394/Heart%20Map%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I kept building up layers and here is the result. As you can see there are some wrinkles in the paper, so I pressed it for several days under heavy books.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FAn7pEXWa81M6LdnfAoTxVBT_dpOy3vHylNPbkar1MsCOvLF3H3qKlEVOsmlU3sarWb4ml79bDNCKnAlBG22P-ojvafs5oYHrG93wx6r1S4HYiI0_j88u9vV5PzZxvGydJ_4HDGlolukPpccTIi5XJuIqCtW4pRsyugchCVr3L_sNYZue4wrqTwTl4FW/s3032/Heart%20Map%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3032" data-original-width="2038" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FAn7pEXWa81M6LdnfAoTxVBT_dpOy3vHylNPbkar1MsCOvLF3H3qKlEVOsmlU3sarWb4ml79bDNCKnAlBG22P-ojvafs5oYHrG93wx6r1S4HYiI0_j88u9vV5PzZxvGydJ_4HDGlolukPpccTIi5XJuIqCtW4pRsyugchCVr3L_sNYZue4wrqTwTl4FW/w430-h640/Heart%20Map%207.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once flat, I used fine liner pens to add the text.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGb8zTdudADBaKIFyc8KuukV7W_bFGkFMxIh87-z8FARtF83JrdOFc8a5vJ0Hx6iPs26lV48uL2rUa6n6THjOOIfV4yQg2CZDckQV_CPNmidQpPf_xdihFPx2XysJPe81Ncxivfx9fok2gns6U0VYMPMhZcoSQ9T7LjPGxCQvUwN9VX_ArfP8VItcZz3sQ/s3440/Heart%20Map%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3440" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGb8zTdudADBaKIFyc8KuukV7W_bFGkFMxIh87-z8FARtF83JrdOFc8a5vJ0Hx6iPs26lV48uL2rUa6n6THjOOIfV4yQg2CZDckQV_CPNmidQpPf_xdihFPx2XysJPe81Ncxivfx9fok2gns6U0VYMPMhZcoSQ9T7LjPGxCQvUwN9VX_ArfP8VItcZz3sQ/w422-h640/Heart%20Map%208.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last detail was adding the title in the bottom corner. I used this stencil to help me create a box.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiG1_vXBY2JX3Opuh1PSh9IbOvY5Ctlp6kNK2XmHhwC8FQeKS5gJwN4ZXFD0HvG4TgA3hWv21fuu_EyryI1AZGP8AJd8P2ea2izNZUdKBioCOrtnMcA0_KD8SPi0l_zpig00wN2lG-0S_q4RYEmAsDYXuhpeXSsms8HsbNRAfPJ5OkSxExSV3KvXQ2t5F/s4032/Heart%20Map%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiG1_vXBY2JX3Opuh1PSh9IbOvY5Ctlp6kNK2XmHhwC8FQeKS5gJwN4ZXFD0HvG4TgA3hWv21fuu_EyryI1AZGP8AJd8P2ea2izNZUdKBioCOrtnMcA0_KD8SPi0l_zpig00wN2lG-0S_q4RYEmAsDYXuhpeXSsms8HsbNRAfPJ5OkSxExSV3KvXQ2t5F/w360-h640/Heart%20Map%209.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I hope that you have found inspiration for creating a unique and personal way to show your love to someone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kate</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-8263922151936987482024-02-13T00:00:00.003-06:002024-02-13T00:00:00.130-06:00Creative Play & Collage with Stencils<script type="text/javascript">
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Nicole here, and today I’m playing with stencils and collaging in my art journal.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In January I began a very unplanned cleaning and purging of my art studio. Phew! I still have some drawers and shelves that I need to tackle, but the re-set and clean feel so good. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Due to just one of those years, I had a couple piles of supplies and things I purchased that I hadn’t sat down to play with. So, I grabbed the paint and a few stencils to explore to have a creative play session. It was so good. Even though I didn’t love everything I created, I learned, discovered, explored and best of all let loose! Splashing paint around and not caring is the best. We all need to schedule these play times into our art practice!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In that play session, I created a couple of small stenciled papers that I feel in love with and just knew I needed to add them to my art journal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8HSb5iPCwssJ3YIZwxOUjiYjBKt_lhjSV5NzMCeb7uflDWSkek7-f1YyeJip4iDGNvQpp4IuU4ZqRo_WTIAcBoGo-6Y5vGW-wdBH8gQFuZiXOQaNGz2tFDwL3qr4-ZJWsiTkfZcw5xxqj0_njVHV8J3KWl7IPY_tug6dIa67g7shlsQGx7Ue_kw1xm4s/s1886/1-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1886" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8HSb5iPCwssJ3YIZwxOUjiYjBKt_lhjSV5NzMCeb7uflDWSkek7-f1YyeJip4iDGNvQpp4IuU4ZqRo_WTIAcBoGo-6Y5vGW-wdBH8gQFuZiXOQaNGz2tFDwL3qr4-ZJWsiTkfZcw5xxqj0_njVHV8J3KWl7IPY_tug6dIa67g7shlsQGx7Ue_kw1xm4s/w400-h225/1-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To make the papers, first I added a layer of watered-down gesso. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7VRRWb-rAmQ1EVUugUDPHmlzFWsHx6ssrvXfrp5AY48bMjUBcbAbLDcOxiWWLj29unfL_PCTNXVCFd4pE1xRVOp_tgQbIeo2x6wI5HKzNCSWLzzKmflH6IuFIJeeAsiNK6fkm_VcUblcgUPmjaX2iFFUUGt69xHg_2PnrDSNVCx2yNJJ8AfyyDdRpyKI/s2535/4-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="2535" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7VRRWb-rAmQ1EVUugUDPHmlzFWsHx6ssrvXfrp5AY48bMjUBcbAbLDcOxiWWLj29unfL_PCTNXVCFd4pE1xRVOp_tgQbIeo2x6wI5HKzNCSWLzzKmflH6IuFIJeeAsiNK6fkm_VcUblcgUPmjaX2iFFUUGt69xHg_2PnrDSNVCx2yNJJ8AfyyDdRpyKI/w400-h225/4-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, I splashed around some walnut ink on one and watered-down Payne’s gray on the other. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGORkdSgp6bwq3O6F7zf9t9ikAAWgorE9G1xWn9QeBqooffbVUB5YWkua9WkvnGYMXaRepMYeGQN7n8hX-SmYUS04iPIgvnmNVa3b1cTPLqVUl2_f0hxCVdhcWuFjd3CW7y6itDUZ4ImJNavXzwzcovuii0Fr_n8dH7nDbxnq3L580_5FeJJ4gsyYB8k5Q/s2535/5-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="2535" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGORkdSgp6bwq3O6F7zf9t9ikAAWgorE9G1xWn9QeBqooffbVUB5YWkua9WkvnGYMXaRepMYeGQN7n8hX-SmYUS04iPIgvnmNVa3b1cTPLqVUl2_f0hxCVdhcWuFjd3CW7y6itDUZ4ImJNavXzwzcovuii0Fr_n8dH7nDbxnq3L580_5FeJJ4gsyYB8k5Q/w400-h225/5-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When those were dry, I grabbed a new to me paint color, purple madder (matte acrylic paint by Blick), and used it through the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-longwood-florals-cecilia-swatton-p/l676.htm">longwood florals</a> stencil. Before the paint could completely dry, I also scuffed up the stenciled imaged a bit and added some watered-down purple madder too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PUG6K-7dZJ5bb-RqUpUawDV9gwtLzBTA59IOamT5nob5dWfeBtA0LDSgNEzCfcl-FfIyzUwgt56NA45eJLwg2zSZpyJHKZrSfXca3lhGjC5BcjgHznh31Hq_ksPLr4zOzQDwufZpeykpRHik2FSrXeNb3dt1wSO9olyNA5C5QcoUPa144cByDT4uENsA/s2055/3-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="2055" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PUG6K-7dZJ5bb-RqUpUawDV9gwtLzBTA59IOamT5nob5dWfeBtA0LDSgNEzCfcl-FfIyzUwgt56NA45eJLwg2zSZpyJHKZrSfXca3lhGjC5BcjgHznh31Hq_ksPLr4zOzQDwufZpeykpRHik2FSrXeNb3dt1wSO9olyNA5C5QcoUPa144cByDT4uENsA/w400-h225/3-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next, I had to figure out what to do with them! I grabbed my art journal and stuck down some blank ledger paper. Then, I broke those ledger sheets by first spreading around some paint and gesso and then loosely tracing inside the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-bittersweet-mini-rae-missigman-p/m103.htm">bittersweet mini</a> stencil with my stabilo all in graphite. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-yYT3uprpYAO82EREio-4wYFWM5FxgenPcAEcanYyp3ZpdU6T1XrHzM18GvLtRAeNW4z0FfSIEhe1jHXkdhVVxZl1Xv00_tJpmg2JajIZn3yZ5HSTm_XwaLnLg6LIrHqCS51xqgtr4eODLyEwMNs-2AnuQafq4i9Krwlv3GGc0JsJt2jw40PDRzI1DU3/s2269/7-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="2269" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-yYT3uprpYAO82EREio-4wYFWM5FxgenPcAEcanYyp3ZpdU6T1XrHzM18GvLtRAeNW4z0FfSIEhe1jHXkdhVVxZl1Xv00_tJpmg2JajIZn3yZ5HSTm_XwaLnLg6LIrHqCS51xqgtr4eODLyEwMNs-2AnuQafq4i9Krwlv3GGc0JsJt2jw40PDRzI1DU3/w400-h225/7-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I then activated it with my dirty paint water. It had the most beautiful lavender hue from the purple madder paint. After that, I splashed around some walnut ink.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2U47QWIEdNFijbkjhx3X05SpCynjHUA7TGIF7zZASwrmdhyphenhyphenVlZuTETNKxgOXj2_dLwvsd87RL-7grht4poTKdQIlceYJ0sDYuf68CnEZGUBG-bkX_MTia2bXOqz9mBdWgCDyEO7RVIeW1gEJ3Si9gBltN06bBnz7NV3jJtY4OfgKbr2KgaYq0s-RvPdB/s2269/6-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="2269" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2U47QWIEdNFijbkjhx3X05SpCynjHUA7TGIF7zZASwrmdhyphenhyphenVlZuTETNKxgOXj2_dLwvsd87RL-7grht4poTKdQIlceYJ0sDYuf68CnEZGUBG-bkX_MTia2bXOqz9mBdWgCDyEO7RVIeW1gEJ3Si9gBltN06bBnz7NV3jJtY4OfgKbr2KgaYq0s-RvPdB/w400-h225/6-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After breaking those pages, I thought a simple collage on each would be perfect. It took me a while and lots of moving around of papers and images to achieve what I wanted. I’m not a seasoned collage artist, and it’s one of my goals this year to play more with collage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7STGNIuuRcLkWlAI_9wgWKfiWIrjjtJfjq-Qu9MfpgBeEk4mkWoFZjCnurQVmfFm98wsN-Et1igkk6Nn_-ufDjLvccb5HZGa5uKBpRquVff1mu8fjYQiysEezH0lLw47MXrx5ax8RrP9VA5HS52CSHbRHlu95-uXySmCPz6gYEBf0UCAeVrLMaifVLlq/s2741/10-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2741" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7STGNIuuRcLkWlAI_9wgWKfiWIrjjtJfjq-Qu9MfpgBeEk4mkWoFZjCnurQVmfFm98wsN-Et1igkk6Nn_-ufDjLvccb5HZGa5uKBpRquVff1mu8fjYQiysEezH0lLw47MXrx5ax8RrP9VA5HS52CSHbRHlu95-uXySmCPz6gYEBf0UCAeVrLMaifVLlq/w400-h225/10-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For the papers, I used my <a href="https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/08/cyanotype-with-stencils-vintage-papers.html">stenciled cyanotypes</a> and <a href="https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/01/waking-up-creativity-with-stenciled.html">stenciled pages</a>. You can read how I created them and see tutorials here on the <span style="background: repeat white;">StencilGirl® blog. (The stenciled page sheet was from another play session similar to the one linked to the blog post but doesn’t appear in the blog.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicz3H_pqsZa8xtt4YUgGuSWdmWO7tFRpUijFNs9vjAka3UPaOwgxl26XBX63Er8OsYJMR6Pln54R1Ib2fd5LUINt1M2zeb-jIY000FbiPlkreI2R_sljGCREyN1polFYvGO7QrglpoZA7bRd8SnuETCaDdNfd_Ha9Q2pMr27uGfB9LE3nRLKpDCYdMo0Vc/s2564/8-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="2564" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicz3H_pqsZa8xtt4YUgGuSWdmWO7tFRpUijFNs9vjAka3UPaOwgxl26XBX63Er8OsYJMR6Pln54R1Ib2fd5LUINt1M2zeb-jIY000FbiPlkreI2R_sljGCREyN1polFYvGO7QrglpoZA7bRd8SnuETCaDdNfd_Ha9Q2pMr27uGfB9LE3nRLKpDCYdMo0Vc/w400-h225/8-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWY19aG2pyRCRGl26ofN7JaAQKDL_MSaoG8UIXvGppmlDAQQ5nN-_s8VGa7kIfmYtZqtiUAStda4jvwgafVFtWeu2izRkv14aeGEbvzwAv30cbl8N-bjkH5adUdtux2rLr32rCi3S2Oy8XGFbBd4fecG8cUY1xPyP-c_Ae2tXX_6jEMbwsSSgJkC-lw6bU/s2741/9-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2741" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWY19aG2pyRCRGl26ofN7JaAQKDL_MSaoG8UIXvGppmlDAQQ5nN-_s8VGa7kIfmYtZqtiUAStda4jvwgafVFtWeu2izRkv14aeGEbvzwAv30cbl8N-bjkH5adUdtux2rLr32rCi3S2Oy8XGFbBd4fecG8cUY1xPyP-c_Ae2tXX_6jEMbwsSSgJkC-lw6bU/w400-h225/9-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I topped off the collages with a vintage photograph, some really old stamps, and the string the stamps were tied up with.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23X4j6LibvnCFZsLJUEHNUO9Klz4mV9MJlzM5QVnvG2nbba2U21MlFlf9YvuTTwnAtQbrnf-QE-aCvr7uLqwUfFK9Pe77Obw7ASHaG9DJrhQlQmXkRG4jh_Lj-PJCwYrKqAitY6DrSHq2EDWgppE_3LGRiLPW5yUmB8yhBR79LkceppPNdoA9JcA-VyP_/s2741/11-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2741" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23X4j6LibvnCFZsLJUEHNUO9Klz4mV9MJlzM5QVnvG2nbba2U21MlFlf9YvuTTwnAtQbrnf-QE-aCvr7uLqwUfFK9Pe77Obw7ASHaG9DJrhQlQmXkRG4jh_Lj-PJCwYrKqAitY6DrSHq2EDWgppE_3LGRiLPW5yUmB8yhBR79LkceppPNdoA9JcA-VyP_/w400-h225/11-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My last step was to just add a touch of watered-down Payne's gray around the bits of <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Boro-Kristin-Williams-p/s705.htm">Boro</a> collage papers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I am Kristin Williams of Ephemera Paducah, home of the Everyday Artist! </span></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nothing goes hand-in-hand as well as Molding Paste (same as Texture Paste, </span><span style="font-size: large;">Grunge Paste, etc.) and Stencils. There. I said it. If you’ve never used it or haven’t used it in a while, this is the post for you.</span></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Molding or texture paste dries hard and adds dimension to your surface design. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw9eo4zrFMaNjRTL4Dx2uYKXTN_R98V2SesCxRioWQaTINA85sYkihM9mT7w30lT9TrgjKtdCYqaMgTH2KXLCshEfpDKVM5eV6yyFkmHX3n0r5DeXIFpS9pXr7heD0EIqYFWQ8oUTDZvCVTgFeoMIUmXPUz_b38UlXfXdlO8JvFPhSzJInMeokacUNL_i/s2124/IMG_8168.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2124" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw9eo4zrFMaNjRTL4Dx2uYKXTN_R98V2SesCxRioWQaTINA85sYkihM9mT7w30lT9TrgjKtdCYqaMgTH2KXLCshEfpDKVM5eV6yyFkmHX3n0r5DeXIFpS9pXr7heD0EIqYFWQ8oUTDZvCVTgFeoMIUmXPUz_b38UlXfXdlO8JvFPhSzJInMeokacUNL_i/w386-h640/IMG_8168.jpeg" width="386" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This medium provides a wonderfully adventurous and welcoming surface for inks, fluid acrylics, regular acrylics, or whatever liquid medium you want to flow through it. If precision is your jam, quit reading. You cannot control this beast. You <span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">LITERALLY </span>have to go with the flow. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Before we get too far, if you want to watch a super real, mistakes and all, not a lot of talking video about my process, <a href="https://youtu.be/hf_V7osCVLE" target="_blank">click here</a>. For a description and photos, keep scrolling. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I finish or nearly finish a journal, I ponder what I want on the front of it. Because of its versatility and interesting outcomes, most often I’ll reach for one of my favorite detailed stencils and some Molding Paste. I tend to do this at the end of completing a journal because it creates a bumpy surface and journaling, for me, is a messy process. I don’t want to mess up the front. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You can also use it on paper (I have an affection for tags) as well as canvas or <span style="font-family: inherit;">wo</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">od surfaces. I use the tags in my art journaling or collage. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I mentioned grabbing a detailed stencil and this is my personal preference. I like all the little bits, textures, and shapes a detailed stencil provides. You can use any stencil with Molding Paste but beware the larger the area of the medium, the greater the risk for cracking or flaking during usage of it. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjBmMydVWefBYWdfCDqhw8Rvex91x_rHJLJVhRGXSg2tZc6uQ61nH7lj0oSacLAFCuHHvBWuJtvqRZhwygsHdYFjDLf3tL4qiotOsi_akOU-me-Y82hbHMsIa6NWpaIooM3VO-2dQYjKhfvVz3xVlILF9YA1mbTEn6koFjQ8ZM4ABu_GTRrXesQy-YGYA/s2860/IMG_8162.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2860" data-original-width="2511" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjBmMydVWefBYWdfCDqhw8Rvex91x_rHJLJVhRGXSg2tZc6uQ61nH7lj0oSacLAFCuHHvBWuJtvqRZhwygsHdYFjDLf3tL4qiotOsi_akOU-me-Y82hbHMsIa6NWpaIooM3VO-2dQYjKhfvVz3xVlILF9YA1mbTEn6koFjQ8ZM4ABu_GTRrXesQy-YGYA/w562-h640/IMG_8162.jpeg" width="562" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Generally, I have a stack of deli paper on hand to put behind the covers of the journal creating a barrier for the pages within. It’s not foolproof, but it helps. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Using either a palette knife or one of my favorite yellow Bondo scrapers I pick up at Harbor Freight I spread the paste through the stencil much like icing a cake. I hold it down with one hand and spread it with the other. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">OF NOTE!! Although I generally do not wash my stencils, I always have a pan of water handy when I am using stencils with Molding Paste. You don’t want that stuff to dry in your stencil and ruin it. You also don’t want to run the dirty water down your drain. Wash your stencil in the pan and then throw the pan water outside. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Because I’ve heard of people being impatient and ruining their surfaces by painting or manipulating too soon, ahem, I let my paste dry on the surfaces <b><u>overnight</u></b>. A good trick is to work with it your last hour of the day making art and then leave it to dry. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The next day I feel all over where I have applied Molding Paste without rubbing. I just lay my hand on the textured areas. If anything feels cold that means it is not yet dry. Once you can confirm all is dry, the fun starts. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16.7px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6ntzUHLjjNBpMhPBJrmkRjxmwH09qqBR97vShQsr1Sj_PPYJkVOzrI7uzHNHyl6HAt8Joq5XT-7osHz_ROepvONMTjgbdhglDXDTqQieGtBCDTX5ZDOoebDzXIObKb-IY5v-yDapGJYZRzPX5ax3ZhbX4BNv-sb-DOa2NRcw8c5Bnf0ZFVgKadXFJ3e-/s6354/photo-output.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6354" data-original-width="6354" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6ntzUHLjjNBpMhPBJrmkRjxmwH09qqBR97vShQsr1Sj_PPYJkVOzrI7uzHNHyl6HAt8Joq5XT-7osHz_ROepvONMTjgbdhglDXDTqQieGtBCDTX5ZDOoebDzXIObKb-IY5v-yDapGJYZRzPX5ax3ZhbX4BNv-sb-DOa2NRcw8c5Bnf0ZFVgKadXFJ3e-/w640-h640/photo-output.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A twofer trick I’ve learned for this next step is to create a pile of book pages, ledger paper, scrapbook paper you hate, and other ephemera (10-12 pieces) and put it underneath where you are working. Trust me, there is a method to my madness. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEnTO7uVUPRTjmzvVU5EiK_v393P5j033tpAuuq_zivhOL44s8wHEZJHiHDMAHOAhXC16BbY3wnezR9FlLAsQrSRx9-dsIL6pLQ-c6zDDLWk1Mr2RpyPw1GmTrbd5XlbveY_67AeygLFNkBNH2WuoBPk9rmG-2hzMoxdFV-ty7Hi8z1xd-GBdJagzkk-S/s4032/IMG_8135.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEnTO7uVUPRTjmzvVU5EiK_v393P5j033tpAuuq_zivhOL44s8wHEZJHiHDMAHOAhXC16BbY3wnezR9FlLAsQrSRx9-dsIL6pLQ-c6zDDLWk1Mr2RpyPw1GmTrbd5XlbveY_67AeygLFNkBNH2WuoBPk9rmG-2hzMoxdFV-ty7Hi8z1xd-GBdJagzkk-S/w360-h640/IMG_8135.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Get any kind of drippy medium - acrylic inks, sprays, fluid acrylic paints — and hold your piece above the pile. Squeeze some color directly on it and then attack with your water spray letting the drips fall where they may. Periodically toss your pile of drip-catching papers and blot your Molding Paste paper onto the pile. You can even pick up colors other than the one you are working with. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">By doing this, you end up with a great load of collage paper!</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheneIiP_gWNMFFlU3FsAlML-ysL9DshDtHvyoFz2mGRPnLxQ3XPVXziz5ZJzMkmJ4H6-71GiO1drsgnQhb3VHuGULkPTgz89zTAnPl4bH18KKpLQQV7iS6exHiXbZmrLFY0yYEeCGltuBqKcO0dKItKdVP4fz0XdfxKBm6jYJuDBIJYCU7rpidyfL9BpND/s6354/photo-output.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6354" data-original-width="6354" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheneIiP_gWNMFFlU3FsAlML-ysL9DshDtHvyoFz2mGRPnLxQ3XPVXziz5ZJzMkmJ4H6-71GiO1drsgnQhb3VHuGULkPTgz89zTAnPl4bH18KKpLQQV7iS6exHiXbZmrLFY0yYEeCGltuBqKcO0dKItKdVP4fz0XdfxKBm6jYJuDBIJYCU7rpidyfL9BpND/w640-h640/photo-output.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Once you get to a look you like with the runny mediums, set your work aside to dry. Separate your collage papers pile so they don’t stick together. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7DEDbVVsnFsSbcoGyLMtijywC0Tqg5sZcIFUzI7UyNJ9jDZJGdmVFBDzKs3HiRK4u4HAOn4mkpJdNlFTfrOMhs0m3UmJTZcV_YP5cNmYwC5WQtOxT4yBy6VL_S5uf2K0A4LZrrmuoDX0-ysOiGIBfP9Sb1O0T82KAnnnOoQCL7fXwXC1INmHzymIPXY5/s2198/IMG_8130.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="2198" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7DEDbVVsnFsSbcoGyLMtijywC0Tqg5sZcIFUzI7UyNJ9jDZJGdmVFBDzKs3HiRK4u4HAOn4mkpJdNlFTfrOMhs0m3UmJTZcV_YP5cNmYwC5WQtOxT4yBy6VL_S5uf2K0A4LZrrmuoDX0-ysOiGIBfP9Sb1O0T82KAnnnOoQCL7fXwXC1INmHzymIPXY5/w640-h564/IMG_8130.jpeg" width="640" /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrAhn5kTnN1tCZzgCcaMC0d4FzqadTuCu0pushHcwtPdMMXbA81WB0IoZ69sLmFmARPW_uOs2Qo2Oze9hnbg8ijetGp9EUNR8G8wx51jqYjxSzzelGn1nOxQeeYpd2jc2bJpHnSooyGPUOrcMI6UG0782smlbjedszljmDWhVHgkVt9PyLSr5Bjqd2I-g/s4032/IMG_8129.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrAhn5kTnN1tCZzgCcaMC0d4FzqadTuCu0pushHcwtPdMMXbA81WB0IoZ69sLmFmARPW_uOs2Qo2Oze9hnbg8ijetGp9EUNR8G8wx51jqYjxSzzelGn1nOxQeeYpd2jc2bJpHnSooyGPUOrcMI6UG0782smlbjedszljmDWhVHgkVt9PyLSr5Bjqd2I-g/w640-h360/IMG_8129.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
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</script><div>Niamh here from sunny down under! I love mark making and it is something I know a lot of people find tricky. But what if there was a way to make it easier for you? There is - stencils!!!!</div><div>Stencils come in so many varieties - but at stencil girl products - there are sooooooo many that you can use in different ways to help you with mark making in your art easily.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IQRXIZanHgpK_-3MaacPPDLmuTl1hdfSVE1LohEwIw1ZM-mir04K7-a84jkJouJiTikr5HEQQZ4E_1nyey_JC33FrizvTDLlXdd4CpVc46OLtrOuo-0z8SnY_iGR-nRGyLyHT_bpkHj9rFSx7HtS_i-rMzZrJLJRphPaV9_jwosohF3GQKTwiahv-6HX/s4032/IMG_3050.HEIC" style="clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">I have chosen two of my favourites today to play with, </span>the </span></a><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Maltese-Mix-Michelle-Ward-p/l175.htm" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Maltese mix stencil</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and the </span><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-CM-2019-Mary-Beth-Shaw-p/l937.htm" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">CM 2019 circle </a><span style="text-align: left;">stencil. I love these as there is a great mix of sizes and flow on the stencils allowing you to be a little random with your marks. </span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ez8xWNX4hqw2aOFXTxfO0xYKSr52K5lpwebSp0It4Ah3dBELoK5VUD-uWey_OJbEBB_1YnsEAc8BmL6wswrM-_qPqkbph4ToCm1LqXxpTl9T5dJaDm39Lk6yHMHxQzg3q-7vvCLlJmFh076FRCJysKi0VUPa1wJUOAQo2w9dD9m2ZoKSExB5927gZeuK/s4032/IMG_3049.HEIC" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ez8xWNX4hqw2aOFXTxfO0xYKSr52K5lpwebSp0It4Ah3dBELoK5VUD-uWey_OJbEBB_1YnsEAc8BmL6wswrM-_qPqkbph4ToCm1LqXxpTl9T5dJaDm39Lk6yHMHxQzg3q-7vvCLlJmFh076FRCJysKi0VUPa1wJUOAQo2w9dD9m2ZoKSExB5927gZeuK/w152-h203/IMG_3049.HEIC" width="152" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IQRXIZanHgpK_-3MaacPPDLmuTl1hdfSVE1LohEwIw1ZM-mir04K7-a84jkJouJiTikr5HEQQZ4E_1nyey_JC33FrizvTDLlXdd4CpVc46OLtrOuo-0z8SnY_iGR-nRGyLyHT_bpkHj9rFSx7HtS_i-rMzZrJLJRphPaV9_jwosohF3GQKTwiahv-6HX/s4032/IMG_3050.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IQRXIZanHgpK_-3MaacPPDLmuTl1hdfSVE1LohEwIw1ZM-mir04K7-a84jkJouJiTikr5HEQQZ4E_1nyey_JC33FrizvTDLlXdd4CpVc46OLtrOuo-0z8SnY_iGR-nRGyLyHT_bpkHj9rFSx7HtS_i-rMzZrJLJRphPaV9_jwosohF3GQKTwiahv-6HX/w121-h161/IMG_3050.HEIC" width="121" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the step by step video making this page: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jbyJsSGNtuo" width="320" youtube-src-id="jbyJsSGNtuo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stencils used: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IQRXIZanHgpK_-3MaacPPDLmuTl1hdfSVE1LohEwIw1ZM-mir04K7-a84jkJouJiTikr5HEQQZ4E_1nyey_JC33FrizvTDLlXdd4CpVc46OLtrOuo-0z8SnY_iGR-nRGyLyHT_bpkHj9rFSx7HtS_i-rMzZrJLJRphPaV9_jwosohF3GQKTwiahv-6HX/s4032/IMG_3050.HEIC" style="clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="text-align: left;">the </span></a><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Maltese-Mix-Michelle-Ward-p/l175.htm" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Maltese mix stencil</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and the</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-CM-2019-Mary-Beth-Shaw-p/l937.htm" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">CM 2019 circle </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Creating,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Niamh</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">@niamhbaly (IG/YouTube)</div><br /><div><br /></div>Anonomoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119700941903957768noreply@blogger.com0Mexico23.634501 -102.552784-4.6757328361788453 -137.709034 51.944734836178846 -67.396534tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-87556429458783285802024-02-08T00:00:00.036-06:002024-02-08T00:00:00.134-06:00Check it Out! New Designs from Carol Weibe!<script type="text/javascript">
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</script><div><br /></div><div>I love experimenting with polymer clay, and I just knew that I could create some fun pendants and beads with the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/Mask-Garden-Flowers-Tile-Small-sjodin-p/s795.htm">Garden Flowers Tile Mask by Valerie Sjodin.</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxtiRydGEIAFWiX3zXGXXLZBrL9eJuF0V-Da2YflIU1ze3ljX9h1ToDutPCGX0PxftWjFvTgpA-x7cLeEREeFvhaxDbwIzlOGYTZE8HyWs0gT8Qd1Gq_agWxqDGZrZcVs7ZO6inRsVVHPeIPOTA02h2hYMutPLD7X3v7P1BMb3xBbE5u5NQIEFbtyTaA/s2560/C18DC65E-7E60-4E3E-A972-C5FA19D2ED39.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxtiRydGEIAFWiX3zXGXXLZBrL9eJuF0V-Da2YflIU1ze3ljX9h1ToDutPCGX0PxftWjFvTgpA-x7cLeEREeFvhaxDbwIzlOGYTZE8HyWs0gT8Qd1Gq_agWxqDGZrZcVs7ZO6inRsVVHPeIPOTA02h2hYMutPLD7X3v7P1BMb3xBbE5u5NQIEFbtyTaA/s320/C18DC65E-7E60-4E3E-A972-C5FA19D2ED39.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0Rr6J3WtoR99j5mU_Rd_vkXwPZvZ87BfczJ0t3HcE_JYRiqSYdA-c5YLZtrLPsHy5UbjozhPdo0l4IjQYysFJbiCqJKUk1L_HTdHENfxfzHLftZ1kftCBbjU7Dl1xe_b2ap2kevK32FpQX1dgwn_U1Hbdexw1lxXn4xQnMZE9gZv2qxHAAkGfCkGOS4/s2560/name.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0Rr6J3WtoR99j5mU_Rd_vkXwPZvZ87BfczJ0t3HcE_JYRiqSYdA-c5YLZtrLPsHy5UbjozhPdo0l4IjQYysFJbiCqJKUk1L_HTdHENfxfzHLftZ1kftCBbjU7Dl1xe_b2ap2kevK32FpQX1dgwn_U1Hbdexw1lxXn4xQnMZE9gZv2qxHAAkGfCkGOS4/s320/name.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I started by rolling some white Sculpey Clay in my pasta machine on a #7. This is about 1/8th of an inch thick which is great for pendants and earrings. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8IRolGcz-4fNwt3TjsxgAuKdch7uRkdRmhWe_-kCrcFrN1BcEE89Y_yJYGZSKAy9H4gpQ5mjHlCmuT1aI0ZkdG2L8XW1bODaKr6duJTLT0b68Cn9D1fVd19RfAcn9h27iSCFGaqiCkk_OH2I7FC1DA8XpA1ebjIrIzn37pQ-3shZ76de7uo9G6XwpqQ/s4032/IMG_8642.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8IRolGcz-4fNwt3TjsxgAuKdch7uRkdRmhWe_-kCrcFrN1BcEE89Y_yJYGZSKAy9H4gpQ5mjHlCmuT1aI0ZkdG2L8XW1bODaKr6duJTLT0b68Cn9D1fVd19RfAcn9h27iSCFGaqiCkk_OH2I7FC1DA8XpA1ebjIrIzn37pQ-3shZ76de7uo9G6XwpqQ/s320/IMG_8642.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div>Next, I grabbed my Archival Distress Inks and some make up sponges. I cut my clay in half so that I had a small area to work with after I placed the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/Mask-Garden-Flowers-Tile-Small-sjodin-p/s795.htm">Garden Flowers Tile mask</a> on. I pressed the mask gently into the clay and started applying the inks. This part is so much fun- you can use any color combinations that you like!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzhF4OLMr-j-9KjfaW0suMEY6SS1OdimWW8Y_4_TWrDUnIBb4Dc2YFRa8Z4-zYTRLoUF8UNjw7qokxP1ZspUPwLv-1b9Dp3Wjkmb0ImPeDv3bu4smiuQgF5Z7TKdbQiRjTEOdWqs8Tajoqd0FA7F9-vlq5HJcNYUXHcDre-CmMxyyyh-jPUcKvY3z9TE/s1104/Screenshot%202024-01-23%20at%205.28.01%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1104" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzhF4OLMr-j-9KjfaW0suMEY6SS1OdimWW8Y_4_TWrDUnIBb4Dc2YFRa8Z4-zYTRLoUF8UNjw7qokxP1ZspUPwLv-1b9Dp3Wjkmb0ImPeDv3bu4smiuQgF5Z7TKdbQiRjTEOdWqs8Tajoqd0FA7F9-vlq5HJcNYUXHcDre-CmMxyyyh-jPUcKvY3z9TE/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-23%20at%205.28.01%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have a bunch of polymer clay cutters (you can use small cookie cutters if you have those) so I cut out several shapes from the clay with them. You can use the leftover clay with the ink on it again by rolling it all together and kneading it. When you roll it out again it will show some of the leftover ink, but you will never see it if you just ink on top of it again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbRcOKvPJN9WmeJN0KM8M0vw7-L8zPRFubB-R1U-DThe0PQ_q4obWGnI837hD9fQ9_h4gkdgKbYQOyzT8S0Tb9yUDx3jvJaJBMDsAQGL4-_R2qZ3nKvWqHfouoPzbqL4nIXUmiCYgKVhBYzZG2V6dxiRW1jYa4hw_8wWvwCya-4ijEqL1qfgdgMj1nPi4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1242" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbRcOKvPJN9WmeJN0KM8M0vw7-L8zPRFubB-R1U-DThe0PQ_q4obWGnI837hD9fQ9_h4gkdgKbYQOyzT8S0Tb9yUDx3jvJaJBMDsAQGL4-_R2qZ3nKvWqHfouoPzbqL4nIXUmiCYgKVhBYzZG2V6dxiRW1jYa4hw_8wWvwCya-4ijEqL1qfgdgMj1nPi4" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, I poked some holes in near the top of each shape so I can get a jump ring in them after they are baked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLIT3wM7W0Zk1N1q12RSFThKQ7q1y-jmJr0G52aKXi31tdruZYlg8KU4XyeMiRxn-NZz2V9thHO37fA0I5vLd4i-zL0rlUJ0zHq5X_mAXxOxKKw1bzfXP-hpNadY55AAr3yOnAizSLQIDzneWys67-b-7rzl-WBVl4I1eca_4kDBbWUoWeFtukNnN2_8/s3602/IMG_8647.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="3602" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLIT3wM7W0Zk1N1q12RSFThKQ7q1y-jmJr0G52aKXi31tdruZYlg8KU4XyeMiRxn-NZz2V9thHO37fA0I5vLd4i-zL0rlUJ0zHq5X_mAXxOxKKw1bzfXP-hpNadY55AAr3yOnAizSLQIDzneWys67-b-7rzl-WBVl4I1eca_4kDBbWUoWeFtukNnN2_8/s320/IMG_8647.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can bake these in your oven at 275 degrees for 15 minutes per 1/4". These are about 1/8th of an inch, so they baked for about 8 minutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After you let the cut out shapes cool, you can then embellish them more. Glaze them, paint them, use more ink, etc. You can really create any look you love with your StencilGirl stencils and masks, Archival Distress Inks and polymer clay. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGFxVskVEqLjakiZ9V-XHgDUfM-sLXg8Lqw_cSkbPbn0D1PrnFbeKay03gB2x4a4M7QOTvc3_v_ulkBtvykcF23x2CXcVtDSbXzi0qT-2SkrpuxOcS4GFZxH_eXuSD1b6brCznhIfo6OZ62wvCo3-YOaVb76NpEdKVhY-0FUZa1SjM_MebxxqkToKfNls" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1911" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGFxVskVEqLjakiZ9V-XHgDUfM-sLXg8Lqw_cSkbPbn0D1PrnFbeKay03gB2x4a4M7QOTvc3_v_ulkBtvykcF23x2CXcVtDSbXzi0qT-2SkrpuxOcS4GFZxH_eXuSD1b6brCznhIfo6OZ62wvCo3-YOaVb76NpEdKVhY-0FUZa1SjM_MebxxqkToKfNls" width="141" /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEIUFdpG8tHp7nJoZn3qzNjeWe9a237I5IDmM1aTAnldwtU20roGT50JsHRpzzxThDbWTMhyTjcBbVvrdlRg4jaPWZsug9EiNVEEI-qM1ODpMW_JdcUwlV4xzX-W28RcMJrh6IEfJzkvO14VyIPZXMt_ztTgP5rHVAXhKSKvohfDqIJIMngw7FQDF-wI/s2560/C18DC65E-7E60-4E3E-A972-C5FA19D2ED39.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEIUFdpG8tHp7nJoZn3qzNjeWe9a237I5IDmM1aTAnldwtU20roGT50JsHRpzzxThDbWTMhyTjcBbVvrdlRg4jaPWZsug9EiNVEEI-qM1ODpMW_JdcUwlV4xzX-W28RcMJrh6IEfJzkvO14VyIPZXMt_ztTgP5rHVAXhKSKvohfDqIJIMngw7FQDF-wI/s320/C18DC65E-7E60-4E3E-A972-C5FA19D2ED39.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_YGkdjRol3y36uV7Ovis92LzTGvCTwDgzkUCkBpm-BRR1vKsnLhrBfX3CfqsYkmPSLRnIzazV8Zeck0W0SfJRQfa3Q5HsOLVMm7AZZAxbIYLEaO4nnuoe2gz6hP4GIidQ70WzowcgazNZsFipJTo0t6MmptfAlWOuQNdNcYJZkgod04MrtlkMSIRQp8/s2560/E7525429-C8D1-484C-A2BC-72144BEC214E.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_YGkdjRol3y36uV7Ovis92LzTGvCTwDgzkUCkBpm-BRR1vKsnLhrBfX3CfqsYkmPSLRnIzazV8Zeck0W0SfJRQfa3Q5HsOLVMm7AZZAxbIYLEaO4nnuoe2gz6hP4GIidQ70WzowcgazNZsFipJTo0t6MmptfAlWOuQNdNcYJZkgod04MrtlkMSIRQp8/s320/E7525429-C8D1-484C-A2BC-72144BEC214E.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>You can watch the full tutorial right here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5jmf5M6QRyA" width="320" youtube-src-id="5jmf5M6QRyA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you enjoyed my tutorial! You can find me at Jane Bellante Art on all social media platforms. And- if you create something with your StencilGirl stencils and masks, please drop me a line and show me your results.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Until next time, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jane</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Jane Bellante Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283948346165026364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-85376835061976838112024-02-02T00:00:00.079-06:002024-02-02T00:00:00.154-06:00Guest Designer Frieda Oxenham<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Sometimes all it takes to start a page in
an art journal is a line read in a magazine. In this case the line “ahead of
the curve” coincided with the arrival of the recent </span><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/category-s/2215.htm" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">StencilClub stencils for November</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">.</span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwQiEFraWvXN7F32C3y_zFWky2aNtN0b_Y2c7SpttqfNldSl4O2q-M2oo60aIZ4Wtu58cSJ6c0nZQF8otKN7TKwSy3jBi6YA6ZNSpTTT9zqs3NfaaCDMhInSzhXBHbwNV5g1TSvAibR8naO22rF9agGOiyi8Z4sKbO17kFPX2a2FlKerYLoTgWtlAX6LO/s4032/Detail1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwQiEFraWvXN7F32C3y_zFWky2aNtN0b_Y2c7SpttqfNldSl4O2q-M2oo60aIZ4Wtu58cSJ6c0nZQF8otKN7TKwSy3jBi6YA6ZNSpTTT9zqs3NfaaCDMhInSzhXBHbwNV5g1TSvAibR8naO22rF9agGOiyi8Z4sKbO17kFPX2a2FlKerYLoTgWtlAX6LO/s320/Detail1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here is the tutorial:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Using
an 8 x 10” gelli plate add one or more colours of acrylic paint to it and take
prints on copy and deli paper. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0k-tWQHfWcbg13EEIgISir3AavrSxQT-uFG4yYTemFyLnlgB7-kUKuM3QDeymGK1yFPdgEcyUX40udBosA29LgFSjXYDc83f8KskWJK6JVKqgFMuZ-C_L07tmmKdRgBJdAYhYBAK_xsG8Obx-8TDPMBuByLvGsWzOv38yRC8Pss0_d5cjJL3UZGKgPF8/s4032/Pic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0k-tWQHfWcbg13EEIgISir3AavrSxQT-uFG4yYTemFyLnlgB7-kUKuM3QDeymGK1yFPdgEcyUX40udBosA29LgFSjXYDc83f8KskWJK6JVKqgFMuZ-C_L07tmmKdRgBJdAYhYBAK_xsG8Obx-8TDPMBuByLvGsWzOv38yRC8Pss0_d5cjJL3UZGKgPF8/s320/Pic1.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Add more acrylic paints to your plate, then
add one or more of the stencils named below to the plate, take prints onto the
papers made in step 1, and then remove the stencils, take more prints onto
other papers from step 1. Here are some examples<a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Map-Pattern-Mary-C-Nasser-p/l901.htm">. L901 Map Pattern</a><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/mask-Connection-kerr-cat-kerr-p/l885.htm">, L885 Connection</a><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Rippled-Water-Mary-C-Nasser-p/s899.htm">, S899 Rippled Water</a>, <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Squiggle-Doodle-Sarah-Gardner-p/l969.htm">L969 Squiggle Doodle</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRRhNsTR-T8xiC0WyPEpbn4yx8QkmEeYc0fzkMjdMDQLnCFldoiqY5sYIeOKjDDaacdi-77nI_oslXUkMDKQKIqJPaAGoMdVewsUu-_v7KisMogtS6sFFHsQN52QA4of8AdAdf8dtCngJAaK2k4j4tRw9-U5M9b_oZOpQUHD3l_uILSKPHK72cT18C00b/s4032/Pic2A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRRhNsTR-T8xiC0WyPEpbn4yx8QkmEeYc0fzkMjdMDQLnCFldoiqY5sYIeOKjDDaacdi-77nI_oslXUkMDKQKIqJPaAGoMdVewsUu-_v7KisMogtS6sFFHsQN52QA4of8AdAdf8dtCngJAaK2k4j4tRw9-U5M9b_oZOpQUHD3l_uILSKPHK72cT18C00b/s320/Pic2A.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPAtKV2K8GHfu7taGw6VCrRSTcPdClx3mnNtIg84PRUAfjk5yr5t8gUGua1KuOZeEsblXjZsWde3aZAwxlYrFnEtHSyuI6vEuXCHu4ie5iDzwEvZxDdvK3Nely4flqeIW0Ga5AedRbSSlctEGVMQDfjRVMjjARmqnz40l6Se-HOFmHdVy5gmoaKlOkBDQ/s4032/Pic2B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 12pt; 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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Keep
overprinting like this using all the above stencils (and more) on your already
printed papers. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1xzS_o2GW3pKK1wOysLU5_TELKdSa_wHk8ETWkquobkmbs7nkE94hgpsglndDEXefSB2nejzeQ3OBGGKGMkUOV4t5-EQoOlZD2KqsyCQ52jKd5Jqyy_YmwnU4SNL_2M7YvEwB6wjq3vCCxIX7K1vr9Vh1BibO2u-1MMOYaFtNEWjaPQE1VQq8osqyJy7/s4032/Pic3A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1xzS_o2GW3pKK1wOysLU5_TELKdSa_wHk8ETWkquobkmbs7nkE94hgpsglndDEXefSB2nejzeQ3OBGGKGMkUOV4t5-EQoOlZD2KqsyCQ52jKd5Jqyy_YmwnU4SNL_2M7YvEwB6wjq3vCCxIX7K1vr9Vh1BibO2u-1MMOYaFtNEWjaPQE1VQq8osqyJy7/s320/Pic3A.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI_ffKM0dpwUzpSoSF3PmcGco06HqrDbwYsR-gYLLVPn2JrQNAWgSf-b4eVYp1i5kXvfogyfYThkn6TueTpLHupctUhuUfh_vl_4oQa9zexg7fINBxIJMof7GUjDTMWkPR8W8KAr7xzCJtSyaTeBmdhGlkAZUwsTPhwO0jqhxOzOtJN161bMhS_FAhXGc/s4032/Pic3B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-indent: -0.25in;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI_ffKM0dpwUzpSoSF3PmcGco06HqrDbwYsR-gYLLVPn2JrQNAWgSf-b4eVYp1i5kXvfogyfYThkn6TueTpLHupctUhuUfh_vl_4oQa9zexg7fINBxIJMof7GUjDTMWkPR8W8KAr7xzCJtSyaTeBmdhGlkAZUwsTPhwO0jqhxOzOtJN161bMhS_FAhXGc/s320/Pic3B.jpg" width="240" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61uaTaHGTQpiNhJSL55wsu0SXBG1nX0JorQZLPQPJ7sJ21KCMlcwfhIhHYS1jj-AVpRYrIFqXBrYnCO6QkszFOIZWpgVKOT-or6UmWDzqd-b4N7A0U9ENS8Lfjgo8vvp2fUZDYIZeivLMFqmHZu31UQxyNOQ-na7YE30WKK9r2T8EpLSuZtTOyb_Cdpmr/s4032/Pic3C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61uaTaHGTQpiNhJSL55wsu0SXBG1nX0JorQZLPQPJ7sJ21KCMlcwfhIhHYS1jj-AVpRYrIFqXBrYnCO6QkszFOIZWpgVKOT-or6UmWDzqd-b4N7A0U9ENS8Lfjgo8vvp2fUZDYIZeivLMFqmHZu31UQxyNOQ-na7YE30WKK9r2T8EpLSuZtTOyb_Cdpmr/s320/Pic3C.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div></div></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You
will end up with far more papers than you’ll need but it is good to have lots
of choices and anyway, we all love a good painted paper stash, right!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Working
in your choice of art journal (I’m using a huge A3 (11.7 x 16.5”) one) start
collaging on the page without gluing anything down yet. Simple select a
rectangle from one of your favourite printed pages, put it in any of the
corners (I started top right) and take it from there, based on what looks good
together, varying large and small pieces and balancing the colours. You have
plenty of papers so cut or tear them to your heart’s content. I used a metal
ruler to tear my papers. Keep playing around till you have an arrangement that
you like.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
glue down the pieces but first take a quick picture on your phone to remind
yourself of your arrangement.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD61hLOlvnrLYDahmt81cupHOPC7ElIIjs4nigzbftJffNvZKuC2HJkK8v39CQTJ8ZNromTLsCiQriq3DuZnxi1mBSJWf99FLaJ72CS88o1ToMmSGH7KNqmHjrlGD3HHPJPpkMPGZ8f7nN9ljUSJOk6izNMlRAmyalbZhoEDl_ZDMi7OLxTcaIcDJJLm6W/s4032/Pic6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD61hLOlvnrLYDahmt81cupHOPC7ElIIjs4nigzbftJffNvZKuC2HJkK8v39CQTJ8ZNromTLsCiQriq3DuZnxi1mBSJWf99FLaJ72CS88o1ToMmSGH7KNqmHjrlGD3HHPJPpkMPGZ8f7nN9ljUSJOk6izNMlRAmyalbZhoEDl_ZDMi7OLxTcaIcDJJLm6W/s320/Pic6.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Once
you have this background glued down start adding smaller pieces as the next
layer.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTuCq7NZ78QRKNLkeSvC8sI7pUt8pwzzamC1kmFBf9yTSEQ1yaIdgfHrnhQVXAHiIf46ajIT2yTB4YcjJF6Rc61xyobV1OZZfuaLtiX_vdJ5o2HsKIfqJMNjRPODHVzZnBBzNVxXsDHXsUNI1hEm3ahX9BAH1rMydUpQtZ7LxqBW6LmpJi82_26QVZy-e/s3751/Pic7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3751" data-original-width="2530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTuCq7NZ78QRKNLkeSvC8sI7pUt8pwzzamC1kmFBf9yTSEQ1yaIdgfHrnhQVXAHiIf46ajIT2yTB4YcjJF6Rc61xyobV1OZZfuaLtiX_vdJ5o2HsKIfqJMNjRPODHVzZnBBzNVxXsDHXsUNI1hEm3ahX9BAH1rMydUpQtZ7LxqBW6LmpJi82_26QVZy-e/s320/Pic7.jpg" width="216" /></span></a></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Using
one of the stencils form the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/category-s/2215.htm">November 2023
StencilClub</a> and white acrylic paint add circles to the page as shown.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzmrHKwnRKPmif1Lx76Jskce75ILPkgPCvXRZAKTXUURsr3W6-QgPYz3_WQVxO4vGP0FGAK6eqr2SMcAlR1r_L5gcE_YDhAKEP7vCViegifjpOUt1ck0c4tKm6YGpAdAsXO4jAdroT1_f_wk5BsXTDxtep0ccwzlh_spY0sdeoJfDNMxmB2U4Jgtqwwih/s3681/Pic8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3681" data-original-width="2446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzmrHKwnRKPmif1Lx76Jskce75ILPkgPCvXRZAKTXUURsr3W6-QgPYz3_WQVxO4vGP0FGAK6eqr2SMcAlR1r_L5gcE_YDhAKEP7vCViegifjpOUt1ck0c4tKm6YGpAdAsXO4jAdroT1_f_wk5BsXTDxtep0ccwzlh_spY0sdeoJfDNMxmB2U4Jgtqwwih/s320/Pic8.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Using
the other stencil from the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/category-s/2215.htm">November 2023
StencilClub</a>, stencil the bicycle with red acrylic paint onto deli
paper, cut it out and glue it to the page at bottom right.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Using
the same stencil as in step 9 add small circles to the page with red and
metallic bronze paint.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEPUdTZM9Tzcj5ZXypKtfNzaKG_ppayMtUBKNr3MKcCU-1zNjxkBA1QxaoCHsGP6vxQ0ZHGYsz6Hs_yV5HRtBIzFP0wCozQhnnzrTtZMWRX8mpbeWYXP2IhmWaSWNLaFcrAu3GHTV8xau_P8eLvxwaemVJbS8wD7qh_KjLcikU-16TKOriS11nq0hDHVn/s4032/Pic10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEPUdTZM9Tzcj5ZXypKtfNzaKG_ppayMtUBKNr3MKcCU-1zNjxkBA1QxaoCHsGP6vxQ0ZHGYsz6Hs_yV5HRtBIzFP0wCozQhnnzrTtZMWRX8mpbeWYXP2IhmWaSWNLaFcrAu3GHTV8xau_P8eLvxwaemVJbS8wD7qh_KjLcikU-16TKOriS11nq0hDHVn/s320/Pic10.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Glue
on your chosen text, cut from magazines. Mine reads: “Find your imagination,
ahead of the curve”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With
light blue paint and the same stencil as in step 8 add more of the large
circles on the page.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriqRi32rxdjAltIj9FCQsaGCMO_6ixrQACItaBhIMmaum5g_6UZ92U7FIjHq9T7HJy0W6McEV2PSkWXHkNBrIsOldNiLEK8wtfwoHGlaOmvCgLy_mAY70-KKkbzfyc1yNdSeh2U5x7TAKJPJAXbV37FgJ3ceUHtxmVl_jCAz-EEebx9cOoTIjU5qfKex7/s4032/Pic12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriqRi32rxdjAltIj9FCQsaGCMO_6ixrQACItaBhIMmaum5g_6UZ92U7FIjHq9T7HJy0W6McEV2PSkWXHkNBrIsOldNiLEK8wtfwoHGlaOmvCgLy_mAY70-KKkbzfyc1yNdSeh2U5x7TAKJPJAXbV37FgJ3ceUHtxmVl_jCAz-EEebx9cOoTIjU5qfKex7/s320/Pic12.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Using
a mix of Stabilo All black pencil and water soluble oil pastels, outline the
large circles, bike and text and scribble randomly with the pencil. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluOS9JxFvTYTYHr8CODzPTWCLO_XIIrTblrU874bOpFHHIVCE4PtHfekP8hwiyyXX8wW5jLvm15Js-Hq6pC-NAqmnp9G8obhqHudBWeBV_I980QS2gBOPqaT140IOImqmHk4ceroAy3B4dSucmXZ_nSp48pPHYzqtcsUioYuR44AOu-vE7nLDAzTXjGmH/s4032/Pic13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluOS9JxFvTYTYHr8CODzPTWCLO_XIIrTblrU874bOpFHHIVCE4PtHfekP8hwiyyXX8wW5jLvm15Js-Hq6pC-NAqmnp9G8obhqHudBWeBV_I980QS2gBOPqaT140IOImqmHk4ceroAy3B4dSucmXZ_nSp48pPHYzqtcsUioYuR44AOu-vE7nLDAzTXjGmH/s320/Pic13.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHs2cD0ODDQLecPXtSQL4Si5VdrkbmcieDxnqev3N9OkrL3Mttgb-U0mle26uGEVOgRU-1kgMCB5251Ki1DMb_g6xaeARX7T2zD6ZAkWCGx7Aoco7kZTDExZoDoLZ7U6nM2j1nMhn7L5rgKo0PBhcVd8EmXCPekEEsLY84hIVNiHY60OQ3k98cxXY6nwD/s3788/FinishedPic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3788" data-original-width="2559" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHs2cD0ODDQLecPXtSQL4Si5VdrkbmcieDxnqev3N9OkrL3Mttgb-U0mle26uGEVOgRU-1kgMCB5251Ki1DMb_g6xaeARX7T2zD6ZAkWCGx7Aoco7kZTDExZoDoLZ7U6nM2j1nMhn7L5rgKo0PBhcVd8EmXCPekEEsLY84hIVNiHY60OQ3k98cxXY6nwD/s320/FinishedPic.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Patty Reiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15669660268309441961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-14511487389521425622024-01-31T00:00:00.602-06:002024-01-31T00:00:00.130-06:00Carol Ponsford: Let's have some fun in our journal!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWcFecd_f09MzQlZPTk7m247wbijQN2OMOhXMzhJTsdQ_6oDdBJigzPh-7h2iCzWb6zEkMRBaYgUd5zyv63w2qtZl7-h8oUuvnj7p6uQ8IQZ_GXv_drUtbe_b4sx2RGxJITc4RHHOhtuS3p2hFZJsEaQ2XRKa2FnSuNtFkQXm4EKI4c3b9FX5uEROsSlh/s4032/IMG_2345.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWcFecd_f09MzQlZPTk7m247wbijQN2OMOhXMzhJTsdQ_6oDdBJigzPh-7h2iCzWb6zEkMRBaYgUd5zyv63w2qtZl7-h8oUuvnj7p6uQ8IQZ_GXv_drUtbe_b4sx2RGxJITc4RHHOhtuS3p2hFZJsEaQ2XRKa2FnSuNtFkQXm4EKI4c3b9FX5uEROsSlh/w400-h266/IMG_2345.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Hello creatives, Carol Ponsford on the blog today to share a journal page I </span><span style="text-align: left;">created using </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Pam Carriker's "Create Face" #S646 and an alphabet section of #L60 stencil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> I used several other stencils for the </span><span style="text-align: left;">background </span><span style="text-align: left;">which I will have listed at the bottom of this post.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dRvbS17r_mT9FWuenboFIr8Tmbf0k4xTIphXS1rj9Yt0gw9OZ5S-8zK-hLeIsHTvfE3TXXv6HmHA50qyEEOEBdno0w-jnp0GkAfhGlNzc69WQQQhFaY4vdaGeyuyfUVo8pFBwenRCty89zRl92UgojMHIkvHFGl57iRc6j0nCe9yJEAQlP9oLwohvO2i/s4032/IMG_2330.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dRvbS17r_mT9FWuenboFIr8Tmbf0k4xTIphXS1rj9Yt0gw9OZ5S-8zK-hLeIsHTvfE3TXXv6HmHA50qyEEOEBdno0w-jnp0GkAfhGlNzc69WQQQhFaY4vdaGeyuyfUVo8pFBwenRCty89zRl92UgojMHIkvHFGl57iRc6j0nCe9yJEAQlP9oLwohvO2i/w400-h266/IMG_2330.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OIusqZIzTbQ_PW0-QgQfeOMQEQz3sgpowBnhyDzywJ6oCmahUp40uI8d-UzKHTKAdACI-LdYy-yZDEb5zW5ORfSJwaJW1vikvTqc0e4K9AXDNyi10mASiE6IqucbkvEMgkDnSMukKJLKWCdOYvJahxxyD-y-YxffHXCh74jvcq5jbTWyOkS2c3sKHSSb/s2885/IMG_2333.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1923" data-original-width="2885" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OIusqZIzTbQ_PW0-QgQfeOMQEQz3sgpowBnhyDzywJ6oCmahUp40uI8d-UzKHTKAdACI-LdYy-yZDEb5zW5ORfSJwaJW1vikvTqc0e4K9AXDNyi10mASiE6IqucbkvEMgkDnSMukKJLKWCdOYvJahxxyD-y-YxffHXCh74jvcq5jbTWyOkS2c3sKHSSb/w400-h266/IMG_2333.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To start I spread a layer of Dina Wakley Media White Gesso on the journal page with </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">an old gift card. After the gesso is completely dry, I used my fingers to loosely </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">spread and blend a variety of PaperArtsy Fresco acrylic paint colors all over the page except </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where I planned to put my focal point on the page. (for this page it was in the bottom left)</div>s<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmFWSQ7HjrY1F3ldOLpXD10jtyiMmdZYaCDzEs5ot-AOHb6kPsUvuWXIXRbEyl3QhiINZHJFDekbDdCEBIfQ-HgjoZs0RoWCLP9wX3U_naZKaqECH4lY3SvAThWy8vEVt5U_kqzQFnZtgmto-1LX5BIXKQQmpzTprKaJXMUBhPeB5ShyAFD2Z5RXpQTbb/s2661/IMG_2334.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1774" data-original-width="2661" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmFWSQ7HjrY1F3ldOLpXD10jtyiMmdZYaCDzEs5ot-AOHb6kPsUvuWXIXRbEyl3QhiINZHJFDekbDdCEBIfQ-HgjoZs0RoWCLP9wX3U_naZKaqECH4lY3SvAThWy8vEVt5U_kqzQFnZtgmto-1LX5BIXKQQmpzTprKaJXMUBhPeB5ShyAFD2Z5RXpQTbb/w400-h266/IMG_2334.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next (while the paint is still damp), I laid a stencil on top of the paint and using a baby wipe,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I rubbed through the stencil to remove the paint and leave the stencil pattern on the page.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLR7QM9pQYJTs1MFo65ahPHnRBLWYKPcNuCMI95sl0qewQEd8hpu_VpNEvAApZTV5-v6lACdZh_W0limcEJfy1jQI84xTJtXAog4KVqRnUHWoBXYPo2iHcrf8zjVygjgb2XFg3vsiZhvDxSWumGCba6awh2yzTnxvts9F4pgH_kUx59baS18kr2PgM3ix/s2460/IMG_2335.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="2460" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLR7QM9pQYJTs1MFo65ahPHnRBLWYKPcNuCMI95sl0qewQEd8hpu_VpNEvAApZTV5-v6lACdZh_W0limcEJfy1jQI84xTJtXAog4KVqRnUHWoBXYPo2iHcrf8zjVygjgb2XFg3vsiZhvDxSWumGCba6awh2yzTnxvts9F4pgH_kUx59baS18kr2PgM3ix/w400-h266/IMG_2335.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I then started layering some paint on top of the page by dabbing paint through a </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">different stencil. I repeat this process using several paint colors with an assortment </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of stencils. Once I had the look I wanted I set this aside to dry. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigihBVbCFYbWOWtr3qmRyBJwH79XHen_gvW0G-Midiqj6DiVwOxxm4xckXUS6EmQMEV8ahTr37O6hhteftM-Gg8up-Y8-py57jIYQflAv_t5XwLWRjlftm8w6TG-pkEhw8iVMPdqb3B0y1P4wYURTVZ8HrRwODYdV0XGCQh4-nPSn03HYT7Dnh1OUtV5W8/s4032/IMG_2336.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigihBVbCFYbWOWtr3qmRyBJwH79XHen_gvW0G-Midiqj6DiVwOxxm4xckXUS6EmQMEV8ahTr37O6hhteftM-Gg8up-Y8-py57jIYQflAv_t5XwLWRjlftm8w6TG-pkEhw8iVMPdqb3B0y1P4wYURTVZ8HrRwODYdV0XGCQh4-nPSn03HYT7Dnh1OUtV5W8/w400-h266/IMG_2336.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I went back into areas with some white gesso and lightly covered some of the areas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> (as shown below), I added an additional layer of color in some areas. This process of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">layering creates a great deal of depth that I like because I feel it gives more interest to the page.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG7e01xUjY0dFVK368z9RmiitwOW4qI4yqL-6FMQo64SQqEbuPWVuIdDIN-no37GIyd6OcSxxr0VoWLDrRfdvnpH5T_yiXIYpD2XeGGcbFr0JTyN8WvceICsf-XV8rD_87IuunGNK078MPREJOE0uuclAO9Iqf7KCwXtM7gmCv10SpC99aKYa4sGMBx92/s4032/IMG_2337.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG7e01xUjY0dFVK368z9RmiitwOW4qI4yqL-6FMQo64SQqEbuPWVuIdDIN-no37GIyd6OcSxxr0VoWLDrRfdvnpH5T_yiXIYpD2XeGGcbFr0JTyN8WvceICsf-XV8rD_87IuunGNK078MPREJOE0uuclAO9Iqf7KCwXtM7gmCv10SpC99aKYa4sGMBx92/w400-h266/IMG_2337.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbz9qweffgXXgQ_aLuIiOq4lLlXdM5huNciYVNEEJzMOWHc0zQdX5nPmXJHsK9IeBSgYEUO1icPG-H4gOrU4aJr0ktUFzVpTG_QB1AAKzpcEJIQAA95x6f3bpSEbfszkIuL3a4uly9wGWhl5wZyYxJJ8dCp5yPTZlGWFaRS_uKmk-4785J_oaOJMQ7NsXH/s4032/IMG_2338.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbz9qweffgXXgQ_aLuIiOq4lLlXdM5huNciYVNEEJzMOWHc0zQdX5nPmXJHsK9IeBSgYEUO1icPG-H4gOrU4aJr0ktUFzVpTG_QB1AAKzpcEJIQAA95x6f3bpSEbfszkIuL3a4uly9wGWhl5wZyYxJJ8dCp5yPTZlGWFaRS_uKmk-4785J_oaOJMQ7NsXH/w400-h266/IMG_2338.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also used the edge of the gift card to add some vertical lines by dipping the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edge in some paint and lightly placing it on the page and swiping it downward. I let </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this dry before going back to do some stenciling as a top layer as shown below.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9E3CCeHh1M0nRQQAFYJe6zd5nYh6wFHwZjlHCqbAAYtuGa1m96IJ5NDMCuwidF4yxfbcIr0Fxgd2ZDuaco6jaufv1XHLqXm1cpPCeDByRgPO8pxq4NtP3VDq2xrY1dIy85synfL5p2MTzdRThiBe_t5oxd96cNRybSYeEuqSujuiLYgLCxxJrfPMECXO/s4032/IMG_2339.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9E3CCeHh1M0nRQQAFYJe6zd5nYh6wFHwZjlHCqbAAYtuGa1m96IJ5NDMCuwidF4yxfbcIr0Fxgd2ZDuaco6jaufv1XHLqXm1cpPCeDByRgPO8pxq4NtP3VDq2xrY1dIy85synfL5p2MTzdRThiBe_t5oxd96cNRybSYeEuqSujuiLYgLCxxJrfPMECXO/w400-h266/IMG_2339.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOedh6Pa_KHWkKpajZ8x8mu3TEwU8I8R-Y4LsOTX3u8PuIPtd7ywieJSZjWZW0pg9dblzwONsVEi3zX67olqg-Iy0O2j4HqqbWQ0762Z3uSj9-sxgR-u3V6jBQIeuuS_h_snFP9Yk3lz40tY4zbxKS2GcuiHk1Vbxbi4rxBgjqwdFTZKJcpwM6XKNpzs1/s2228/IMG_2340.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2228" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOedh6Pa_KHWkKpajZ8x8mu3TEwU8I8R-Y4LsOTX3u8PuIPtd7ywieJSZjWZW0pg9dblzwONsVEi3zX67olqg-Iy0O2j4HqqbWQ0762Z3uSj9-sxgR-u3V6jBQIeuuS_h_snFP9Yk3lz40tY4zbxKS2GcuiHk1Vbxbi4rxBgjqwdFTZKJcpwM6XKNpzs1/w400-h266/IMG_2340.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To add the face I first lightly outlined where I wanted her hair to go since I </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">wanted it to go beyond the edge of the stencil. I laid the stencil </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">down and sponged the reddish paint for the hair and lips of the girl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIovfUO0NQv80biC7qXIfoUZQLsglc8ZVx0TwUPOGw1xVyEFZ7FcyHCyKbM8W4VTkl6mLIONNpYnhPlur9VyIndvytX4fqY_VKkO77yBxJmqXotUep5waOc2FyMWAM1tERn-Gb6BrPXmC2oPxW-MRQemPuu7vwavIHyESCvHZesPjB_-nz2H4kyhCguuPO/s4032/IMG_2342.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIovfUO0NQv80biC7qXIfoUZQLsglc8ZVx0TwUPOGw1xVyEFZ7FcyHCyKbM8W4VTkl6mLIONNpYnhPlur9VyIndvytX4fqY_VKkO77yBxJmqXotUep5waOc2FyMWAM1tERn-Gb6BrPXmC2oPxW-MRQemPuu7vwavIHyESCvHZesPjB_-nz2H4kyhCguuPO/w400-h266/IMG_2342.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I then took the black paint and sponged the eyes, nose, and neck areas. I wasn't sure if</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted to have the diamond on both eyes or just one so on a separate piece of scrap paper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sponged on the eyes and took a black Posca marker and drew the diamonds </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">around them as shown in the picture below. I auditioned one, then both on the face to see how </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted to finish the face then proceeded to add the diamond on the left eye only.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also added some additional width to the neckline because it looked a little wonky, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so I just continued the black lines as far to the left as needed to be in proportion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQNvNM7Dd-WLm-8HheL9K_6YU_H472scR7q_uYZ4RvadXOn5CRSMskaJvr2j2Qe_KF5HfNX0ydZ-VWYaW23b7JuZy9sK1kZyTz1hNw9FXFxZG26aIOzFz-WnEqn4QlpKlm3ElFaJZBtXmHg1vnVqMOBbZO4SPMaQ2xkAhVEI1tz8_3KDL9sE0RbL-VcdA/s4032/IMG_2346.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQNvNM7Dd-WLm-8HheL9K_6YU_H472scR7q_uYZ4RvadXOn5CRSMskaJvr2j2Qe_KF5HfNX0ydZ-VWYaW23b7JuZy9sK1kZyTz1hNw9FXFxZG26aIOzFz-WnEqn4QlpKlm3ElFaJZBtXmHg1vnVqMOBbZO4SPMaQ2xkAhVEI1tz8_3KDL9sE0RbL-VcdA/w400-h266/IMG_2346.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used a Micron pen to trace the letters from the alphabet stencil to say </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Send in the clowns" and then filled them in with a black Posca marker. I </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ended up using a fine white pen to add highlights to the lettering.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWcFecd_f09MzQlZPTk7m247wbijQN2OMOhXMzhJTsdQ_6oDdBJigzPh-7h2iCzWb6zEkMRBaYgUd5zyv63w2qtZl7-h8oUuvnj7p6uQ8IQZ_GXv_drUtbe_b4sx2RGxJITc4RHHOhtuS3p2hFZJsEaQ2XRKa2FnSuNtFkQXm4EKI4c3b9FX5uEROsSlh/s4032/IMG_2345.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWcFecd_f09MzQlZPTk7m247wbijQN2OMOhXMzhJTsdQ_6oDdBJigzPh-7h2iCzWb6zEkMRBaYgUd5zyv63w2qtZl7-h8oUuvnj7p6uQ8IQZ_GXv_drUtbe_b4sx2RGxJITc4RHHOhtuS3p2hFZJsEaQ2XRKa2FnSuNtFkQXm4EKI4c3b9FX5uEROsSlh/w400-h266/IMG_2345.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To finish off the page I took an empty tape roll and dipped it into black </div><div style="text-align: center;">paint and added some rings around the page. I also took a black Posca marker to </div><div style="text-align: center;">outline the hair and face and sketched some lines around the edge of the page.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a list of all of the stencils and PaperArtsy colors I used on this page:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Stencils </b><b style="text-align: left;"> PaperArtsy Paint</b></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">S646 - Create Face <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span>Snowflake</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> Blueberry</span></span></span></span></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">S003 - Repeating Fleur de Lys<span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span>Little Black Dress</span></span></span></span></span> <span> <span> <span> Blew</span></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">M160 - Organic Roots #1<span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span> </span>Zesty Zing<span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> Wisteria</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">M031 - Journal Texture #6 <span> <span> </span></span>Slimed <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> Electric Violet</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">L651 - ATC Mixup<span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> <span> <span> </span></span>Green Patina <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> Cerise</span></span></span></span></span><br /></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">L601 - Alphabet <span> <span> </span></span>Smurf<span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> Scottish Salmon</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span>Jan 2022 StencilClub Pattern Party<span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Peach Nectar<span> <span> <span> <span> <span> Cherry Red</span></span></span></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you so much for joining me today on the blog. I hope you </div><div style="text-align: center;">will find some of the techniques I shared helpful to jump start work </div><div style="text-align: center;">in your journal or artwork. Until<span style="font-family: inherit;"> next time, happy creating!</span></div></span><div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
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</script><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTKDxBGWmbNR6mCSxXddAC3rLXT4VhdKoS9ZozR0eRtZrRsBfld82WS4AHzM9vm7YisKCnzib8AqoeB-I8_oeJSpXWuONRS5pg6wapMzA5gPUdxJMgKvr8rV-7tLrsnPl2oMh8i-8LYlCzPY7qqDj-njZN-4Zq9AnGXRAMegOgKckv9liA54IkI5tpwM/s1280/stencil%20backgroun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTKDxBGWmbNR6mCSxXddAC3rLXT4VhdKoS9ZozR0eRtZrRsBfld82WS4AHzM9vm7YisKCnzib8AqoeB-I8_oeJSpXWuONRS5pg6wapMzA5gPUdxJMgKvr8rV-7tLrsnPl2oMh8i-8LYlCzPY7qqDj-njZN-4Zq9AnGXRAMegOgKckv9liA54IkI5tpwM/w640-h360/stencil%20backgroun.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Hi Eveyone!</div><div><br /></div><div>It's Tracy V. with my final StencilGirl blog post. I have loved, loved being a part of The StencilGirl Creative Team for the past two years, but last year I returned to full time work and have had to let some things go. While I do not art as often as I'd like to anymore, this mini journal helps me keep the creative juices flowing in shorter time spurts. I also love to use my stencils to make backgrounds - a quick and gorgeous way to create a backdrop for just about anything - like these black and white images from a bridal magazine! It has been a pleasure sharing my stencil art with you all. I hope that you will follow me to catch my art ventures when I can find the time, and enjoy this last project!</div><div><br /></div><div>Tracy V.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>SUPPLIES:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>StencilGirl Stencils - I am using <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-damask-medium-michelle-ward-p/l100.htm" target="_blank">Damask Medium</a>; <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/searchresults.asp?Search=M251&Submit=" target="_blank">Primrose Stencil with Masks</a>; <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-mask-Wild-Rose-Rae-Missigman-p/m251.htm" target="_blank">Wild Rose Stencil with Masks</a>; and <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Journal-Texture-2-Pam-Carriker-p/m027.htm" target="_blank">Journal Texture #2 Stencil</a></li><li>Mini GelPlate and Roller<br /></li><li>Make-up Sponge</li><li>Small Art Journal</li><li>Acrylic Paint (five colors)</li><li>White Gesso</li><li>Matte Gel Medium</li><li>Black & White Magazine Images</li><li>Scissors</li><li>Micro Fine Liner Pen</li><li>White Gel Pen</li><li>White POSCA Marker</li></ul><div><b>STEP 1: </b>Using the mini gel plate create a checkered pattern alternating between two paint colors, then stencil over top each square in the opposite color.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUV3H0C60HgJD5fHnNR6x57Gs6Mn1KrB1xABQobs7J2z-KG9uBGK5ZDkOqKhz8-oB2PfTj1yJzFZ1de8ukgGzpus8u3MW5cuzVDnm6pPVwM8_3cFvoEDdsqTmQaoqcXNEZoCJKivvANz6lC29tVYN5401hGGNj7X5aoHWpfhiLqpQ7_6iSWXzhfl7XBk/s1170/Step1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1170" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUV3H0C60HgJD5fHnNR6x57Gs6Mn1KrB1xABQobs7J2z-KG9uBGK5ZDkOqKhz8-oB2PfTj1yJzFZ1de8ukgGzpus8u3MW5cuzVDnm6pPVwM8_3cFvoEDdsqTmQaoqcXNEZoCJKivvANz6lC29tVYN5401hGGNj7X5aoHWpfhiLqpQ7_6iSWXzhfl7XBk/s320/Step1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzp4OMv5hcKpjm8BS5X1PZ3TE0bVsg4KIyA8JhoF7MIiwTD-UQEixxImBr0ZwCSJe1rG9QTV-bDC17c1hAnWi0-VlOYkr3DZNEdwJ-8g_zDnXAFwPGl3-klAeoX-mqJoB7xePZ1lQ66gN6VHY0GJpxjDuxDbEvF3KMM4UXyhjz5xez3Y7t20puBRXRN0/s1170/Step1b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1170" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzp4OMv5hcKpjm8BS5X1PZ3TE0bVsg4KIyA8JhoF7MIiwTD-UQEixxImBr0ZwCSJe1rG9QTV-bDC17c1hAnWi0-VlOYkr3DZNEdwJ-8g_zDnXAFwPGl3-klAeoX-mqJoB7xePZ1lQ66gN6VHY0GJpxjDuxDbEvF3KMM4UXyhjz5xez3Y7t20puBRXRN0/s320/Step1b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNi35eCcK9tvBXa_9iWUu0qIID6tin0GnSN-PN3qZANja30EsoZjhwZCN4MFM5SbpNSzkeC8mDQusqx_CXyHcBLhxk_M3wl3PgQFVOm4Id8Y6iOgD7hHOPwCVtFG-xJH5VDjQMkt3amP14V9qSXCHyDVzQFIxSEAG05m78feUWbGJMcdX_UzknkXKnlTI/s1170/Step1c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1170" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNi35eCcK9tvBXa_9iWUu0qIID6tin0GnSN-PN3qZANja30EsoZjhwZCN4MFM5SbpNSzkeC8mDQusqx_CXyHcBLhxk_M3wl3PgQFVOm4Id8Y6iOgD7hHOPwCVtFG-xJH5VDjQMkt3amP14V9qSXCHyDVzQFIxSEAG05m78feUWbGJMcdX_UzknkXKnlTI/s320/Step1c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>STEP 2: </b>Use white Gesso to soften the lines between the squares of color.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBU7lxEkK8xFpdZyszWLMNYeN75yQ1Xf0TD_Ektx1n2x9NG72ZeYpVaw12eCYgQvAuNN-XctAC2CnM_UJDhek_QC4OofAZgdDZtUJf27YSysJDs-y8GJDQXVYIZPTj9bIDrx-4JhOmMtMwRzmB4wnoXCs4xNLqTk3JcmQB2D_HYHVK19p0-7N8YfFWNA/s1170/Step%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1170" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBU7lxEkK8xFpdZyszWLMNYeN75yQ1Xf0TD_Ektx1n2x9NG72ZeYpVaw12eCYgQvAuNN-XctAC2CnM_UJDhek_QC4OofAZgdDZtUJf27YSysJDs-y8GJDQXVYIZPTj9bIDrx-4JhOmMtMwRzmB4wnoXCs4xNLqTk3JcmQB2D_HYHVK19p0-7N8YfFWNA/w400-h223/Step%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>STEP: 3: </b>Stencil smaller shapes over the white areas in different colors, and soften the edges with Gesso once again.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLq2g4FlkP0Vocqu8kXIRxorzKxjQxcHHZySk4S4wV6uJKc8za1XD491wu6pSqKBy_Jes8bHA3r67Ob4VhDWRd1spMc0Fy7Gj_cTWWi-yZaavKagRl_0hQ0bAplywLFpqrDmFgO0-RweFDWEFIjunTrnCvNsPKfD8svV6nHkCBl6tMXalpONyIBfb1Yk/s1170/Step%203a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1170" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLq2g4FlkP0Vocqu8kXIRxorzKxjQxcHHZySk4S4wV6uJKc8za1XD491wu6pSqKBy_Jes8bHA3r67Ob4VhDWRd1spMc0Fy7Gj_cTWWi-yZaavKagRl_0hQ0bAplywLFpqrDmFgO0-RweFDWEFIjunTrnCvNsPKfD8svV6nHkCBl6tMXalpONyIBfb1Yk/s320/Step%203a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2N5A4phCHFIIlEmAgio-6qtoinGmi3LaXYGLR60h1RL0wYQXqfaYa1xCpl7LMkcJ1oQBjaffptTAuMFn5QKpHuKzEdiR0CbCu9_7EXr6DbCFcWy3PeEAan7TKscz6Dhel_Tcw3NoF4yoIWgFKzctSCDiMJxgd-gaqysHoGGbi_oQ6-tqW6W69k4yK448/s1170/Step%203b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1170" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2N5A4phCHFIIlEmAgio-6qtoinGmi3LaXYGLR60h1RL0wYQXqfaYa1xCpl7LMkcJ1oQBjaffptTAuMFn5QKpHuKzEdiR0CbCu9_7EXr6DbCFcWy3PeEAan7TKscz6Dhel_Tcw3NoF4yoIWgFKzctSCDiMJxgd-gaqysHoGGbi_oQ6-tqW6W69k4yK448/s320/Step%203b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfFAzc60OABI1xE6A0-TeqOEdpN0rN6AhUYtvLhdBzIGOzebtSev6mQ-yzaQxLvvyYt1s8igQNbF-_kPWK-ckTXCcDC66uYD_Blp4-Of6Kiak9n8CKyJxF248ibfm-5n0Xd8DeQYpqoKFgjMoNQoQ38KNFsGirSGR1MvXs3ZjjjzMpUsddAinz3ytoeQ/s1170/Step%203c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1170" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfFAzc60OABI1xE6A0-TeqOEdpN0rN6AhUYtvLhdBzIGOzebtSev6mQ-yzaQxLvvyYt1s8igQNbF-_kPWK-ckTXCcDC66uYD_Blp4-Of6Kiak9n8CKyJxF248ibfm-5n0Xd8DeQYpqoKFgjMoNQoQ38KNFsGirSGR1MvXs3ZjjjzMpUsddAinz3ytoeQ/s320/Step%203c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>STEP 4:</b> Draw designs over the white area in black ink pen.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjflap0OL_8aKaVN6HRxL82i6XoMfpCLKtRyOb017EooV6rwnpZeqPYuzomIbWh8Uu8d7DTTRR1jFNCnzYQOkHv9qpJQpY1R_PE38sZt5Ai6XmpfP8CcBZI_hrMieqKWcjs1vz2Mf3pSHN-GqOIMVR01q8k9FmNPZ-Yh_Qe-CcY5_rkA_BaWF6k-PT2Q/s1170/Step%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1170" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjflap0OL_8aKaVN6HRxL82i6XoMfpCLKtRyOb017EooV6rwnpZeqPYuzomIbWh8Uu8d7DTTRR1jFNCnzYQOkHv9qpJQpY1R_PE38sZt5Ai6XmpfP8CcBZI_hrMieqKWcjs1vz2Mf3pSHN-GqOIMVR01q8k9FmNPZ-Yh_Qe-CcY5_rkA_BaWF6k-PT2Q/w400-h223/Step%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>STEP 5: </b>Adhere your black and white images with the matte medium, dry and highlight with Gesso once more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzryox_Wq-RgBRbMsQqwYyixKlwDHbxsl-ftNaOKvZE5zVQ1yCgrDXXlh2ZGM_AG9FfNdUKZQPvmXPlVHF4UFvoJ097-eiD0xb19T8V4gzx2iK6WM7-Qp6-W42NF3EaeDU2Vf60-y9rBmbbwbpAN2EhcSwrKGKLU5JxgGG0Jw6gOQN3ltX8z0HjKSLH8/s1170/Step%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1170" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzryox_Wq-RgBRbMsQqwYyixKlwDHbxsl-ftNaOKvZE5zVQ1yCgrDXXlh2ZGM_AG9FfNdUKZQPvmXPlVHF4UFvoJ097-eiD0xb19T8V4gzx2iK6WM7-Qp6-W42NF3EaeDU2Vf60-y9rBmbbwbpAN2EhcSwrKGKLU5JxgGG0Jw6gOQN3ltX8z0HjKSLH8/s320/Step%205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1170" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoOB1IwwxnwlBz311xkbwUoJzMezr_c_cF_M4w3WISmvQvTYmCWaiEhdbGLOK4fw_OS_62mLSbIpNqaMzwarkt8L3gs9LUO7IPJ_1gCYShUSvQJYf_ZK6f1zR3BRdafVobo7tGs7oNSo-hEWpno2RCGU6XksM34J2SdVA2nZQ8IvczYP82vfVoA9sqE4/w400-h221/Step%207.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div><b>STEP 7:</b> Make some outline marks and/or designs on your images using white gel pen.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgWch0D3pQy3Dpf2DNy3TMUMwFF2Kv5NCGXcpDU5jCX4_Y48FzMihwtNpuT_1vdi9Yjh2XktO48uZ7JfmeP0ZMDOpQjDjVdUeCtr29vGur5J0xGc9F1g3nzlyVkcX7ZuvxuJs2KHfajL_tCO02ys-bRwcHVDE7VZt8UIbN5ETJTHZ-mcXkxZUzzww1t4/s1170/Step%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1170" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgWch0D3pQy3Dpf2DNy3TMUMwFF2Kv5NCGXcpDU5jCX4_Y48FzMihwtNpuT_1vdi9Yjh2XktO48uZ7JfmeP0ZMDOpQjDjVdUeCtr29vGur5J0xGc9F1g3nzlyVkcX7ZuvxuJs2KHfajL_tCO02ys-bRwcHVDE7VZt8UIbN5ETJTHZ-mcXkxZUzzww1t4/w400-h225/Step%208.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><b>STEP 7:</b> Outline your images with white dots using the POSCA marker.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</script><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxnzN5LUHMlj-fN-TFgapP268Bjib4GsklGkFeYxVzUa3U0DK9wvNsXTrNOxyyVmzNreSgL0bChpo5xBDUDk3ClYuleoXok1ZbjLVlhqyut-xMw3Qf-E1y_plOfj4QOqCf4A9h-U70Vgk_-eAHAwYNx8pADD3uMdRM1BnV_UJ5vSdzb25QEx0Q-KayA_e/s3556/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="3556" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxnzN5LUHMlj-fN-TFgapP268Bjib4GsklGkFeYxVzUa3U0DK9wvNsXTrNOxyyVmzNreSgL0bChpo5xBDUDk3ClYuleoXok1ZbjLVlhqyut-xMw3Qf-E1y_plOfj4QOqCf4A9h-U70Vgk_-eAHAwYNx8pADD3uMdRM1BnV_UJ5vSdzb25QEx0Q-KayA_e/w400-h300/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Hello beautiful artist, Anouk here today to share another fun art journaling page. I'm a very intuitive art journaler, but sometimes I crave for some sort of inspiration to get me started. For me, inspiration can come from anywhere. Sometimes it's just the mood that I'm in or I get inspired by a song that I heard on the radio. A few months ago I even got inspire by the colours of a toy that my son played with. Inspiration is a weird thing, isn't it. It can hit at any random moment. So it would be no surprise to you when I tell you that this </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">particular</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> page was inspired by a shampoo bottle. Yes. You read that correctly.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">When I was brushing my teeth and thought about this blogpost my attention was drawn to the shampoo bottle. I suddenly noticed the gorgeous etiquette with a watercolour print. I just received these two beautiful stencils from Stencilgirl</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">®</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> and thought it would be an amazing fit.<br />So the next morning I took my idea to my art desk and and I created this page.<br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Stencils used</b></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Loose-Mum-Linda-Edkins-Wyatt-p/m334.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Loose Mum (M334)</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Stitched-Flower-Roxanne-Evans-Stout-p/m325.htm" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Stitched Flower (M325)</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>01. Base Layers<br /></b> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As always I'm setting up my base layer with Gesso and Collage.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Because I wanted to use watercolour in a later stage I began with a layer of Clear Gesso. But when I started collaging I figured that I didn't want to cover up the spine with paper so I applied a very rough blended layer of white gesso on top of the packing tape that was already there from the binding.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzLH-hbnA10goH-KksSiZocVHoqN280i_iQ0bNn27tgRBpUE8cyEJjkHMOu1XbBi10DJStyUeL0pL5gCh0LZiuunV2hJsBJri6tR1ys2bC_bHQveT9KTXFeMTy2AWhBfXIjOM4zR5PbwQjmqJvkdkfF1HGtqsrx63dbumxzY0R0To8-lH7E_KNn4mU9l3/s4080/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzLH-hbnA10goH-KksSiZocVHoqN280i_iQ0bNn27tgRBpUE8cyEJjkHMOu1XbBi10DJStyUeL0pL5gCh0LZiuunV2hJsBJri6tR1ys2bC_bHQveT9KTXFeMTy2AWhBfXIjOM4zR5PbwQjmqJvkdkfF1HGtqsrx63dbumxzY0R0To8-lH7E_KNn4mU9l3/s320/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-01.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdGrc8uMGxlEoOwtYz_0E5XIh7MX0v8mURTADL0QD16nNdI_kv89TNSnj8ka2nebEevNKKmT7nVxYFr3V4sCBxMJVzX47SL8cwy9fg6_1OvXXmgB3AZEXAcIEC5_EpWxJJN0mYerY4iAdm5GAu0B0Is6gYpYLUuA4lfd6qESh7R_PTeUsa8l17vVKsdvT/s3976/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2993" data-original-width="3976" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdGrc8uMGxlEoOwtYz_0E5XIh7MX0v8mURTADL0QD16nNdI_kv89TNSnj8ka2nebEevNKKmT7nVxYFr3V4sCBxMJVzX47SL8cwy9fg6_1OvXXmgB3AZEXAcIEC5_EpWxJJN0mYerY4iAdm5GAu0B0Is6gYpYLUuA4lfd6qESh7R_PTeUsa8l17vVKsdvT/s320/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-02.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>02. Modeling Paste<br /><br /></b>Next I applied a thin layer of Modeling Paste through the <a href="https://stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Loose-Mum-Linda-Edkins-Wyatt-p/m334.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Loose Mum (M334</span></a>) stencil on the upper part of the page.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjCehalUHQc9CC3_nSjUn73E1K0xJlWUJNmXYNEibYanFfH8gfFfPx3Zh-ueS6d8JiMDo-htgBlbAznuRhZnCfv4uBP6kIsVdZJNoMIZ6uwGYBf8D2ms36AcLwb6iR9lzI0sKDvvKi9fB_smtkKYGmTRnOfroNAKySIx-QJu2h1u2R0rYrkUn8Nb4JPS2/s3866/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="3866" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjCehalUHQc9CC3_nSjUn73E1K0xJlWUJNmXYNEibYanFfH8gfFfPx3Zh-ueS6d8JiMDo-htgBlbAznuRhZnCfv4uBP6kIsVdZJNoMIZ6uwGYBf8D2ms36AcLwb6iR9lzI0sKDvvKi9fB_smtkKYGmTRnOfroNAKySIx-QJu2h1u2R0rYrkUn8Nb4JPS2/s320/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-03.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><b>03. Watercolour and Stencilling</b><br /><br />I wanted to create an abstract watercolour effect with some (almost) hidden stencilling. I wanted the lower part of the page flow in a soft way. So I grabbed the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Stitched-Flower-Roxanne-Evans-Stout-p/m325.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Stitched Flower (M325)</span></a> and applied the watercolour through the stencil. Then I grabbed the stencil, who was still wet, and stamped it directly on the page.<br /><br />To create more flow I add some more watercolour and dabbed it clean through the stencil with a baby wipe. I kept playing with it until it looked the way I wanted and realised that I didn't like the colour green. So I grabbed some coffee and I blended it until it had the colour that I prefered.<br /><b> </b><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIPNutMZ4MawPKo4KCSuQyYU7i7FXvA7qMGk4uaDfOytuvYCJ9oGjomW5OHRPcet__vMK0J9kdgMWA9WA1K_UskeZxyjlRJnG7z5qHC9TRy6BB1L1h9jUjj1mfup2R_5S_UaX332kuVyosIZDhQ8aTMERFt_O9uKwcYjXSfGq3Cm2HZNNvhYBHEC-2xpt/s3888/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="3888" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIPNutMZ4MawPKo4KCSuQyYU7i7FXvA7qMGk4uaDfOytuvYCJ9oGjomW5OHRPcet__vMK0J9kdgMWA9WA1K_UskeZxyjlRJnG7z5qHC9TRy6BB1L1h9jUjj1mfup2R_5S_UaX332kuVyosIZDhQ8aTMERFt_O9uKwcYjXSfGq3Cm2HZNNvhYBHEC-2xpt/s320/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-04.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMB8Z68FjcSSWekjCrWvDGvCQlkdTEb_c8MSYq9cRg5WFrv9KXEK3XJNtMJ0Fu4X_5zHQlQfrBrOovZSKZrb00k4jXHtMgPNEFkAGCA-eBuQyAYardDS-c5FQuq3lUEsa0CQNq1D8RtxG0Y8t8slMSidRpU_pRsz4l4jGs28SHICzG06fJtlMQbBkZdYR/s3931/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2960" data-original-width="3931" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMB8Z68FjcSSWekjCrWvDGvCQlkdTEb_c8MSYq9cRg5WFrv9KXEK3XJNtMJ0Fu4X_5zHQlQfrBrOovZSKZrb00k4jXHtMgPNEFkAGCA-eBuQyAYardDS-c5FQuq3lUEsa0CQNq1D8RtxG0Y8t8slMSidRpU_pRsz4l4jGs28SHICzG06fJtlMQbBkZdYR/s320/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-05.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><b>04. Gesso is my best friend</b><br /><br />The left side of the page was a little too harsh for me. So I grabbed the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Stitched-Flower-Roxanne-Evans-Stout-p/m325.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Stitched Flower (M325)</span></a> stencil again, and this time I used a little bit of White Gesso to soften up part with the watercolours on the left. The best part about stencilling with Gesso is that it becomes translucent when it's dry. This creates a very beautiful effect when you use it on top of watercolour.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoan2zYTcThVTfUlqlOZrlCX4CQnJc3UWSWkoJTVfwJJJeD7Iu4xpkJ1b8gdWY_1t1Q7Atw4DsV3EWP5Ioz3-P5AHoaep5kb7FpjEIKRM3Dv3gAWC0Oj7YcUf7PbhT3zZiQ0Hw9PJIJKCmWmtO5xQ_Rj4YUmJG5q7-_CQ3f9GIqxdyRNZ7sjkB0h0KB8WL/s3955/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2978" data-original-width="3955" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoan2zYTcThVTfUlqlOZrlCX4CQnJc3UWSWkoJTVfwJJJeD7Iu4xpkJ1b8gdWY_1t1Q7Atw4DsV3EWP5Ioz3-P5AHoaep5kb7FpjEIKRM3Dv3gAWC0Oj7YcUf7PbhT3zZiQ0Hw9PJIJKCmWmtO5xQ_Rj4YUmJG5q7-_CQ3f9GIqxdyRNZ7sjkB0h0KB8WL/s320/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-06.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><b>05. Stencil Butter<br /></b><br />TWC Stencil Butter is a hard favourite of mine. My inspiration had some beautiful golden pattern on it so I knew I had to incorporate that somehow in to my page. I also love to use a stencil in a few different ways on my page so it was no hard to decision to use <a href="https://stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Loose-Mum-Linda-Edkins-Wyatt-p/m334.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Loose Mum (M334</span></a>) for this finishing touch. <br /><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfQL3LbVNScQLPRuDRkxsGSIUg-AAcgdfZdO2bP8WeTiq3O6x7jX-h6cbsj3-LtjgdLFh0r13bCy_mWj_xXw59wHnm57hV0HSVmBVMA2_dQYK5-cURcBqfy-xliel1Pwrxi9k_l86cJ9loJj00Qyj41rRc5xOoMYHjwRXSL1OaDtsVOV6Ep-PHgoC8ZKp/s3987/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3002" data-original-width="3987" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfQL3LbVNScQLPRuDRkxsGSIUg-AAcgdfZdO2bP8WeTiq3O6x7jX-h6cbsj3-LtjgdLFh0r13bCy_mWj_xXw59wHnm57hV0HSVmBVMA2_dQYK5-cURcBqfy-xliel1Pwrxi9k_l86cJ9loJj00Qyj41rRc5xOoMYHjwRXSL1OaDtsVOV6Ep-PHgoC8ZKp/s320/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-07.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><b>06. Finishing Touches</b><br /><br />I have a few things that I always do when I'm done with a page. Some things are such a part of my process that I do them without thinking. I always make a few marks with my pencil, splatter some ink and of course add a few words.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkIamJxaKpl9UUgf8F1ZLvEt_nj6S_8nvFv2NK9YwRrESPzOEjXi-9I-hPNQFMZLsPDeJjJMD0Dd8soSAjAR1oqZU5ytzZyD7SwTNaNp7hw0aExQz27agBQU3UrUZf4IW0edqzsSV16SbIT2qnBjvUnv3UaH4NSzbPR8zUzNUQh7PtAHdhNzyuIeM3eWH/s3959/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2981" data-original-width="3959" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkIamJxaKpl9UUgf8F1ZLvEt_nj6S_8nvFv2NK9YwRrESPzOEjXi-9I-hPNQFMZLsPDeJjJMD0Dd8soSAjAR1oqZU5ytzZyD7SwTNaNp7hw0aExQz27agBQU3UrUZf4IW0edqzsSV16SbIT2qnBjvUnv3UaH4NSzbPR8zUzNUQh7PtAHdhNzyuIeM3eWH/s320/Stencilgirl-Creanouk-Inspiration-08.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />And here it is! My page that I why inspired to make by a shampoo bottle. Inspiration is everywhere! I hope that you enjoyed this page and that it can lead to an inspiration on its own. I also made a reel that I'll share on Instagram.<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Productlist</span></h3></div></span><div style="background-color: white;">Handmade journal</div><div style="background-color: white;">Vintage Music and Book Paper<br />Tea Bags<br />Type Writer<br /></div><div style="background-color: white;">Amsterdam White Gesso<br />Amsterdam Clear Gesso</div><div style="background-color: white;">Amsterdam Modeling Paste<br />Mod Podge Matt<span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Instant Coffee
Prima Marketing Tropical Watercolours</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">TWC - Stencil Butter Champagne Gold
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Thank you so much for reading my blog post. I hope that I have inspired you to create today! My name is Anouk or Creanouk on social media, and I'm an all-round creative from the Netherlands. I love art journaling because I can put my heart and soul into it. You can find my work on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/creanouk/" style="color: #33aaff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: collapse;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"> and </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtnbBlkFY0-MgcNwsRJcPig" style="color: #33aaff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: collapse;" target="_blank">Youtube</a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;">.</span>
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</div><div>I was in need of some wall decoration for our guest room (which is our son's room in the first place when he stays with us in the house) and as we are living in a solid wood house surrounded by mountains, lakes, fields and forests, I wanted this home decor piece to reflect all of that. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfbz8uIkGw3_Ow9em-Yr7OWjsn5R2YjavjkgrQgoxZ1rlV2pKcoIDuQvBDQnQtGJhKaUNmM37Vn_J5SXH_TNatJjY0zzR4jgk8FdCDxKpPOeTxkESg6Q3Br8xtaetQM0IA4c9tTi6-CCLMXyAt6lB3oHdGWacZI6rPRxJqDdqEEEWSaf24845WbNC6gY/s3648/SG_jan24_fin_scharf_wlogo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfbz8uIkGw3_Ow9em-Yr7OWjsn5R2YjavjkgrQgoxZ1rlV2pKcoIDuQvBDQnQtGJhKaUNmM37Vn_J5SXH_TNatJjY0zzR4jgk8FdCDxKpPOeTxkESg6Q3Br8xtaetQM0IA4c9tTi6-CCLMXyAt6lB3oHdGWacZI6rPRxJqDdqEEEWSaf24845WbNC6gY/w360-h640/SG_jan24_fin_scharf_wlogo.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChKoZ5rF-mBvqVKVjKCnNf-cxOJv1TKmtEm865IfwYZEAZTnWHvnJEFdKW3AX5S6HPnO_uMFrrv7CCjXItQHhcowalPBFkg-zS-NVpjpgPuojglT_qJaD5QhJNbtx7A56AawwoGpHVpGqjh9wUNsh3NOTxajRrBzohMAKwwZztJexunkUH3OIV6PokBU/s1200/DSC04783.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChKoZ5rF-mBvqVKVjKCnNf-cxOJv1TKmtEm865IfwYZEAZTnWHvnJEFdKW3AX5S6HPnO_uMFrrv7CCjXItQHhcowalPBFkg-zS-NVpjpgPuojglT_qJaD5QhJNbtx7A56AawwoGpHVpGqjh9wUNsh3NOTxajRrBzohMAKwwZztJexunkUH3OIV6PokBU/w359-h359/DSC04783.JPG" width="359" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYAxrlke6KMiL1M4_wq_2dTWg8iikMEF-jerPH26dxFnAmEKgVVHVlmziTbVzZlc4D2IZBgWnZ9_6bwOfTRVKGQIOeahZiXV2VyA_H4xUNzVEhewFWnlp0UR6vYvfQMaTYaWVdJaRHNHwrt846i_rBd470IpPEK8Btob5PEDLL90DoAUWAnz9cmuTjHw/s1200/DSC04795.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYAxrlke6KMiL1M4_wq_2dTWg8iikMEF-jerPH26dxFnAmEKgVVHVlmziTbVzZlc4D2IZBgWnZ9_6bwOfTRVKGQIOeahZiXV2VyA_H4xUNzVEhewFWnlp0UR6vYvfQMaTYaWVdJaRHNHwrt846i_rBd470IpPEK8Btob5PEDLL90DoAUWAnz9cmuTjHw/w360-h360/DSC04795.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-cAw5zhyphenhyphenuyM3T2Wipyn2UZ0R8Jq8VmkPSpcHX7dHRnmwUSmKL4psXbCouBrlUSfJ9rhQ13hdqL-UY1XiuSgIr096MdS97p_PAczouhJUdpzFpzj4X1_PdyVhfGfdJAe-sVVXNDQbV7Q5hmVdFUHwoHHC8BHCIX-Z-TLAMmbqP-pRb3XikPeJTU9zv3w/s1200/DSC04789.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-cAw5zhyphenhyphenuyM3T2Wipyn2UZ0R8Jq8VmkPSpcHX7dHRnmwUSmKL4psXbCouBrlUSfJ9rhQ13hdqL-UY1XiuSgIr096MdS97p_PAczouhJUdpzFpzj4X1_PdyVhfGfdJAe-sVVXNDQbV7Q5hmVdFUHwoHHC8BHCIX-Z-TLAMmbqP-pRb3XikPeJTU9zv3w/w360-h360/DSC04789.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>When I made the discs for my mobile my goal was not only to create my interpretations of all the amazing textural beauty I find on my forest walks around the house, but also try out various texture mediums and how they behave when being used with stencils. Some of these experiments turned out way better than I had expected, others showed the decreasing level of control the bulkier the texture medium got...and then there were some truly happy accidents as well of course...but let me start with the first steps.<div><br /></div><div>What did I use to create my mobile?<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjq1C2LDxwU02lTUlwLve8zHAW6csUuZFO8KzPi6bVampkXwCQMHkCNdY4_D8sYeHUHlKirDPLg-JDmG3SNPAtTfAViFuX2yWriQda6j0_Z5GAJIQToJTpfKDbb4Etk2XlxtZYzp2_c9dreqh-mJ-saeHNkT8mtXZKQe3-6sR-lam6Hwvq1uiQqqw5Tc4/s1200/DSC04759.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjq1C2LDxwU02lTUlwLve8zHAW6csUuZFO8KzPi6bVampkXwCQMHkCNdY4_D8sYeHUHlKirDPLg-JDmG3SNPAtTfAViFuX2yWriQda6j0_Z5GAJIQToJTpfKDbb4Etk2XlxtZYzp2_c9dreqh-mJ-saeHNkT8mtXZKQe3-6sR-lam6Hwvq1uiQqqw5Tc4/w640-h360/DSC04759.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>As you can see in the picture, I've used a piece of drift wood from the lake (about 40cm/16"), sixteen die cut card stock discs in two different sizes and a collection of StencilGirl stencils that provide patterns especially apt to create intriguing (abstract) detail when using only a small section of the design. </div><div><br /></div><div>In this case I've used Seth Apter's Urban Insiders Square Stencil (<a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-square-urban-insiders-seth-apter-p/m058.htm" target="_blank">M058</a>) and Techno Inisiders Circle Stencil (<a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-circle-techno-insider-seth-apter-p/m086.htm" target="_blank">M086</a>), Mary Beth Shaw's Curves (<a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-curves-mary-beth-shaw-p/s430.htm" target="_blank">S430</a>), Scribble Roses (<a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-scribble-roses-mary-beth-shaw-p/s525.htm" target="_blank">S525</a>) and the smallest stencil from the StencilClub October 2016 - <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-club-october-2016-s/2029.htm" target="_blank">Mary Beth's Private Collection</a> - set, Mary Nasser's Abstract Water surface stencil (<a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Abstract-Water-Surface-Mary-C-Nasser-p/s898.htm" target="_blank">S898</a>) and Trish McKinney's Dune Grass mask (<a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/mask-dune-grass-trish-mckinney-p/s659.htm" target="_blank">S659</a>) to play with. </div><div><br /></div><div>I die cut my sixteen circles using the two moon background cutting dies from the <i>Tim Holtz "Moonlight" dies</i> set. What I especially like about these is them not being perfect circles. Instead they are a bit wonky in shape and the set provides them in two different sizes - perfect for a make that was meant to have a nature feel to it. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjryX1Fme-Mz8ILe7tB4L0u6E7hfjQan_7lUfjPnqfK3xoPE3qGa7StSWNryRdrJ7nEhG5LmKgfdC6NZtcxlQCI0Pk7h14xAo7_XxYBjTim16ZI-7fii-3SGgkarpFvqiSaMYU2gXjGgGi1XUPX72N6BYKmLjQWOUvos_MKXzgUCLYnQlhS82nbMudek0/s1200/DSC04761.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjryX1Fme-Mz8ILe7tB4L0u6E7hfjQan_7lUfjPnqfK3xoPE3qGa7StSWNryRdrJ7nEhG5LmKgfdC6NZtcxlQCI0Pk7h14xAo7_XxYBjTim16ZI-7fii-3SGgkarpFvqiSaMYU2gXjGgGi1XUPX72N6BYKmLjQWOUvos_MKXzgUCLYnQlhS82nbMudek0/w640-h640/DSC04761.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I primed the different pairs with different shades and mixes of <i>beige DecoArt Chalky Gesso, brown Vintage Effect Wash</i> and <i>Dark Chocolate Americana</i> acrylic paint. I also made sure there were a lot of brush strokes visible as that adds to the textural feel of the project. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eyNLWxrYUnZKA71YIIusY9yIjB1zbVGtq_uFnDLUoJlzmFIXF95aGJxxgGduD4qUdv49rl1DSl5sPQivk0i44jzNUv2XBRm4nnuDsG6SqsH-V6fvIBTdnueWnzC5TG58Wa-G-2VS3Lc1GjX5jJAagqeb7q36Pz4dL2oeZE_ji9rzn0HqRHLjK1ZsuMg/s1200/DSC04762.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eyNLWxrYUnZKA71YIIusY9yIjB1zbVGtq_uFnDLUoJlzmFIXF95aGJxxgGduD4qUdv49rl1DSl5sPQivk0i44jzNUv2XBRm4nnuDsG6SqsH-V6fvIBTdnueWnzC5TG58Wa-G-2VS3Lc1GjX5jJAagqeb7q36Pz4dL2oeZE_ji9rzn0HqRHLjK1ZsuMg/w640-h640/DSC04762.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Once these had dried my texture medium experimenting session was ready to start! Using a palette knife and the <i>Dune Grass mask</i> I applied <i>Goya "Antik Effekt" paste</i> - a paste that is meant to produce cracks - the smaller the thinner the application. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6V9WhjzAQL9VeKPFxIqNYK-sK2tXfPIGObGfnAl0glQwKibuOauZJpymcQ7RossEgRgaDdbu364AGi2il9NiMoVJS6P2F1zxg8HcJm7SV5UHG900z1ji72yPbGjkqujW0EXRZZpQHiMcLLZ6EciB9ScH2yb6nDyAaEaxdsGNf5bCMBSbY7llzuAnqy4/s1200/DSC04764.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6V9WhjzAQL9VeKPFxIqNYK-sK2tXfPIGObGfnAl0glQwKibuOauZJpymcQ7RossEgRgaDdbu364AGi2il9NiMoVJS6P2F1zxg8HcJm7SV5UHG900z1ji72yPbGjkqujW0EXRZZpQHiMcLLZ6EciB9ScH2yb6nDyAaEaxdsGNf5bCMBSbY7llzuAnqy4/w400-h400/DSC04764.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In my case I applied it too thinly, so hardly any cracks showed. To still add some texture, I fetched my heat tool and created some bubbles (which you can see in the picture below). Not too many and not too large ones though...just a hint around some of the edges (you can even spot some very tiny cracks close to my thumb, but I really love the bubbles and how they make the surface look rough and worn...so what usually is the result of an accident by overheating not yet dry pastes or paints can also be done on purpose to save texture paste results you are not content with ;)</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RIOuRls8s6BcVKslH75oYq9u2ed2FU-7P-B52HLXpsgqhgAVc1l9k0NPXtbKkuM5qi_Oao8CYHjdIooNsZszWKdeh8d4JXteBj6yOI1M8DR7nk9u9GWbkOn1oDmu6dkf06qsLHJdy4yJtGbZBkVQxRicxabagx0LDC1mmmfQjlEENXC1Fa_RMyz71qs/s1200/DSC04765.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RIOuRls8s6BcVKslH75oYq9u2ed2FU-7P-B52HLXpsgqhgAVc1l9k0NPXtbKkuM5qi_Oao8CYHjdIooNsZszWKdeh8d4JXteBj6yOI1M8DR7nk9u9GWbkOn1oDmu6dkf06qsLHJdy4yJtGbZBkVQxRicxabagx0LDC1mmmfQjlEENXC1Fa_RMyz71qs/w400-h400/DSC04765.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My further experiments included various texture pastes like <i>DecoArt media white Crackle paste</i> together with the <i>Abstract Water Surface stencil</i>...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWZ6Nfy_QIgOID9bJoHlae6KygQpir0gSmktRPtz20XEzfPEtfno4inP9ATb-1naIdWTf3M005ptJ_LDMowI8uSLt80KI8VdPOH4ImOBxkz0Dk5zFju8Wyb29YK8qOyAzXtxrPflGKnrVcW8g-9udMXP6uhAKwWIGsjmb_iHzmEuFyYUAknmC38ptcjs/s1200/DSC04767.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWZ6Nfy_QIgOID9bJoHlae6KygQpir0gSmktRPtz20XEzfPEtfno4inP9ATb-1naIdWTf3M005ptJ_LDMowI8uSLt80KI8VdPOH4ImOBxkz0Dk5zFju8Wyb29YK8qOyAzXtxrPflGKnrVcW8g-9udMXP6uhAKwWIGsjmb_iHzmEuFyYUAknmC38ptcjs/w400-h400/DSC04767.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>...that tore off some of the painted base layer when I removed it and revealed the rough paper surface of the die cut circle. A very happy accident from my point of view as the result reminds me of weathered bark and I think I wouldn't have got a result like this if I had tried to create this effect on purpose. </div><div><br /></div><div>The <i>DecoArt media Texture Sand Paste</i> was of course not easy to apply through the <i>Scribbly Roses stencil</i>. As it wasn't possible to apply it evenly with a palette knife, I rather dabbed it on here and there and tried to remove the stencil as carefully as possible. The highly textural result though was such a reward! I love it! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0Ri78gVD5zx4z0TbdDIgsqhjosBZ3KctSngKXllUCLG_19CYOj_66C5krcALNH7q24iHPSLYjAK1a0CevIAOsi-a1-aoP3mQuvIBo9O1Wphp7teVUDpeoCxrEHK3fvjoVou6HHbQHJ6FX4RhTV2rVwnPdlEt2QjfZ4OMdZHOiV28yjtEPeDH_s-Ix6M/s1200/DSC04768.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0Ri78gVD5zx4z0TbdDIgsqhjosBZ3KctSngKXllUCLG_19CYOj_66C5krcALNH7q24iHPSLYjAK1a0CevIAOsi-a1-aoP3mQuvIBo9O1Wphp7teVUDpeoCxrEHK3fvjoVou6HHbQHJ6FX4RhTV2rVwnPdlEt2QjfZ4OMdZHOiV28yjtEPeDH_s-Ix6M/w400-h400/DSC04768.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Of course - REMINDER! - I immediately put all the used stencils into a pan filled with hand warm water, so none of the pastes would dry and permanently stick to the stencils (and thus ruin them). Keeping them in the pan underwater makes cleaning afterwards a piece of cake and you can go on working on your project without having to run to the sink to clean each stencil right after use each time. </div><div><br /></div><div>As most pastes do bubble when you use a heat tool to speed up the drying process, I decided to let my texture discs dry naturally overnight. This way I could be sure none of the pastes would react when being heavily loaded with paint washes (which was the plan for the next day). </div><div><br /></div><div>I used heavily diluted <i>DecoArt media fluid acrylic Raw Umber</i> and a wide soft brush to apply the wash quite loosely here and there to my circles, making sure the paint would create puddles here and there. I wanted an as uneven as possible result, so I got really messy and repeated the wash step several times (as sometimes you only see how much pigment has really ended up in a spot once it has dried...often the wet spot looks a lot darker and you find you have to go in again after it has dried). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2kS1jw3V6ofMqgTSwqXSO8V32rAOSIKO9TMvWOfzXsyKK4Q0n4bG074gxjWkafcjw3tKyqBxn02emltZXasJlyv1hJYdQdDuVi-6JbU2yo8EAOT94XN7pqFklLJjYdMBSrekt1QfvCi0x1zEZdQ-617SYncL37PzulB0g_iohUTrceX2AGfj631BJAE/s1200/DSC04770.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2kS1jw3V6ofMqgTSwqXSO8V32rAOSIKO9TMvWOfzXsyKK4Q0n4bG074gxjWkafcjw3tKyqBxn02emltZXasJlyv1hJYdQdDuVi-6JbU2yo8EAOT94XN7pqFklLJjYdMBSrekt1QfvCi0x1zEZdQ-617SYncL37PzulB0g_iohUTrceX2AGfj631BJAE/w400-h400/DSC04770.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>As heat drying would cause the water-pigment-mix to float and scatter, I let everything dry naturally again. This time it took about two to three hours maybe (yes, I had really soaked my circles to the point where the paper substrate needed to be handled with care to not tear it when moving it around).</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMczi6zD80mCVgPdBXRfa4yQt3iwmH6NdhZou1KEfJrZoXHYILC3kmH_MCMFgsjfnuWyQR6s1hVjDMEUyAEeO_KLtsdYOQUIygCe-syvZ7YHFu00J2QwpAmuJ4Xq1oBNPvrzUVjrYOKFHoNsVQuAFE1Aq2CSK1NCtUQXHl3WJX0LtknJnXHnkLkxWsvzk/s1200/DSC04773.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMczi6zD80mCVgPdBXRfa4yQt3iwmH6NdhZou1KEfJrZoXHYILC3kmH_MCMFgsjfnuWyQR6s1hVjDMEUyAEeO_KLtsdYOQUIygCe-syvZ7YHFu00J2QwpAmuJ4Xq1oBNPvrzUVjrYOKFHoNsVQuAFE1Aq2CSK1NCtUQXHl3WJX0LtknJnXHnkLkxWsvzk/w400-h400/DSC04773.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>But the results were so worth the wait! And I could use the heat tool for the very final drying phase to make sure all was really dry again. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwy-fJVXiy16SbfwTjbnmRZ5fxnfUNZ3IZmJ-nTK5IV0PN0LzWJ8-jsXOf5ziMhEajJtDSj6X9QsrKAycfuGm-rnQ9n9OSg34VyP8-sdUFw87fJTtbCOjYeVzam_wP0rUlRJgKQfruGxQGTwHypoDmhgFyVHUxQDFJRJqIAOryBCLAkUtrR490m6mxxgs/s1200/DSC04774.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwy-fJVXiy16SbfwTjbnmRZ5fxnfUNZ3IZmJ-nTK5IV0PN0LzWJ8-jsXOf5ziMhEajJtDSj6X9QsrKAycfuGm-rnQ9n9OSg34VyP8-sdUFw87fJTtbCOjYeVzam_wP0rUlRJgKQfruGxQGTwHypoDmhgFyVHUxQDFJRJqIAOryBCLAkUtrR490m6mxxgs/w400-h400/DSC04774.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInCf7NAtHZtGO0AcdDe4k87X-ih5isqnWH0VC78K3nN2uzUApxPWq4Pbnm3mTIU4sSsgq_DBp0aD3RixdJ58RESD1RXXjACud_Rzxj7ox1ePRU3oU7Cb5ysGElWz8P0RJQbeilCoKdQv2fI_vigGxY7voF7p9ROSVau4nmWpEcLD0Z9XKYCe2F5QbVh8/s1200/DSC04775.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInCf7NAtHZtGO0AcdDe4k87X-ih5isqnWH0VC78K3nN2uzUApxPWq4Pbnm3mTIU4sSsgq_DBp0aD3RixdJ58RESD1RXXjACud_Rzxj7ox1ePRU3oU7Cb5ysGElWz8P0RJQbeilCoKdQv2fI_vigGxY7voF7p9ROSVau4nmWpEcLD0Z9XKYCe2F5QbVh8/w400-h400/DSC04775.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In the meantime I had die cut the other sixteen discs from various left over scraps from previous projects to use as "back" sides. <br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6_mrUVDToJAWs5KkXUZEIJQQbAcYqUc_tzobRP4HK4Q89GmVciTE-Wguk0xSy89GBrpXzJh-RuhFGiplgtuhjT-M7WpmxJ0ysUYHd4iVU4mIU3W5sUYMBbrEwoC6Q_g3krhr7Xzu8QI3W3QJSON_QXE9aEds6Wjm_W1DUba4ng5BWnCUqFT1Ckw2keU/s1200/DSC04776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6_mrUVDToJAWs5KkXUZEIJQQbAcYqUc_tzobRP4HK4Q89GmVciTE-Wguk0xSy89GBrpXzJh-RuhFGiplgtuhjT-M7WpmxJ0ysUYHd4iVU4mIU3W5sUYMBbrEwoC6Q_g3krhr7Xzu8QI3W3QJSON_QXE9aEds6Wjm_W1DUba4ng5BWnCUqFT1Ckw2keU/w400-h400/DSC04776.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And I also browsed my stash for three nature material "weights" to keep the mobile's strings straight. I found three little hagstones that were just the perfect fit (just look at the texture!!!). </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSqdy6fesjxddpTOkt6nIkBc5uMuwhduQyfgeQOobfs5lZFtv-Rcp6ngU7tKQldDQvuPJFLJLLK_YsPm57qBUwFMgAaT9U3YjjS61nSg5UcHVVCECQnjc6CX_dIviQhDOIOV8JFIJ1RGOuYjbDomZF62fhzLVWRtGP76-yYchNSk-d6v0y-u4pNpVIbI/s1200/DSC04777.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSqdy6fesjxddpTOkt6nIkBc5uMuwhduQyfgeQOobfs5lZFtv-Rcp6ngU7tKQldDQvuPJFLJLLK_YsPm57qBUwFMgAaT9U3YjjS61nSg5UcHVVCECQnjc6CX_dIviQhDOIOV8JFIJ1RGOuYjbDomZF62fhzLVWRtGP76-yYchNSk-d6v0y-u4pNpVIbI/w400-h400/DSC04777.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>To fuse the circle pairs and the mobile parts, I used rough string and Tacky Glue (as that dries really fast). </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNvl5bjEYdur_Sj-ZDRB7PlzAnAC1YojTW1btyNNPvbiAdPd0TsPAAzosZEFZsFt-AMOx5PT0CEaU37s89M8-r4tgMxnNuAIYma16cGhG31NCFcKSq76-kJuBzsJo-nZhUARvGF8ki-FAIBHcNjk4AbW-jMamu9bq50-YT7jVE-zWkASR7lwxMHG7hQ0/s1200/DSC04778.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1200" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNvl5bjEYdur_Sj-ZDRB7PlzAnAC1YojTW1btyNNPvbiAdPd0TsPAAzosZEFZsFt-AMOx5PT0CEaU37s89M8-r4tgMxnNuAIYma16cGhG31NCFcKSq76-kJuBzsJo-nZhUARvGF8ki-FAIBHcNjk4AbW-jMamu9bq50-YT7jVE-zWkASR7lwxMHG7hQ0/w399-h226/DSC04778.JPG" width="399" /></a></div><br /><br />I made sure each texture circle sat at a different height compared to the neighbouring strings to add as much natural "randomness" to my make as possible. The three strings were then simply tied to the drift wood piece and that got a cord loop as a hanging device. Done! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj020u40tRBvXIKNh7YkOI3JOj6SyWieyAHuT3Rsh-LaK-NSf6SFHCt9PunJIfMVlDy2_-jOlAy2Z-1yuEFu0lTAeyPShTTlCIT1KCv2qOud4qhGgv-RzrNOOywDk78rev63319PgXWX1oUa-bNkBdTei6gd4I0zCe_VTtMPqOschpao2M-KT_khLCzjiI/s1200/DSC04801.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj020u40tRBvXIKNh7YkOI3JOj6SyWieyAHuT3Rsh-LaK-NSf6SFHCt9PunJIfMVlDy2_-jOlAy2Z-1yuEFu0lTAeyPShTTlCIT1KCv2qOud4qhGgv-RzrNOOywDk78rev63319PgXWX1oUa-bNkBdTei6gd4I0zCe_VTtMPqOschpao2M-KT_khLCzjiI/w400-h300/DSC04801.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvbnvPEFYNFMLAAr9nsqViBorOzPuZDiltPyay3Tbvxi5-NddKOfPB7jDD6FsT_GWbo5-FBCOFVaYYA9Pww1xpb3gjFGI9MIYNA_xdwZ3TZZANfzEUqqFFcnCZaeWXP0ipKhqJDAsZDOq94esLIALfQaQI96ffOdGRUDuZPpZEgN9RCBaMtFQ2kQ4Cic/s1200/DSC04812.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvbnvPEFYNFMLAAr9nsqViBorOzPuZDiltPyay3Tbvxi5-NddKOfPB7jDD6FsT_GWbo5-FBCOFVaYYA9Pww1xpb3gjFGI9MIYNA_xdwZ3TZZANfzEUqqFFcnCZaeWXP0ipKhqJDAsZDOq94esLIALfQaQI96ffOdGRUDuZPpZEgN9RCBaMtFQ2kQ4Cic/w400-h400/DSC04812.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWe3Hk_Zx4z4grof_R00r0s2OhsjNIrXy6CcL1CCtPa_lxvcXQ_O3klho4qWEk8tBlJpEc6NsmEuEM_GCrfTzo6U-ecH0VDDz2L-6S5dzqmM70NcU34s1yjr2G-GfCPrfCofxjy1bqdWroDc5zf2hmsv_RxnnGwyoYnlqXARJFjm3fIN6oNYehjyX75U/s1200/DSC04811.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWe3Hk_Zx4z4grof_R00r0s2OhsjNIrXy6CcL1CCtPa_lxvcXQ_O3klho4qWEk8tBlJpEc6NsmEuEM_GCrfTzo6U-ecH0VDDz2L-6S5dzqmM70NcU34s1yjr2G-GfCPrfCofxjy1bqdWroDc5zf2hmsv_RxnnGwyoYnlqXARJFjm3fIN6oNYehjyX75U/w400-h400/DSC04811.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div>Our son's/guest room really needed some piece of atmospheric decoration and I was absolutely happy with how my nature inspired mobile turned out. And of course the texture-stencilling-experimenting session was great fun, too! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWM6Nqa6niU1jwnBAlOQBcsAkcq6NJ84J8J505ZgDNfSGB_HMHFi9U8arv7PEmzCDIdb4Odwg79qH8OJ1mNF7_DAIqR1jeagjB2Jcy_pK7CU2CltHcd64q0cezc6QhGvDNChHrEALdYMY1nZNunOg7Vkyq2RVsdwhlyQUBdBdOSvslpz2Shjzv21xWLE/s2731/SG_jan24_fin_wandbehang_bett_wlogo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2731" data-original-width="2054" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWM6Nqa6niU1jwnBAlOQBcsAkcq6NJ84J8J505ZgDNfSGB_HMHFi9U8arv7PEmzCDIdb4Odwg79qH8OJ1mNF7_DAIqR1jeagjB2Jcy_pK7CU2CltHcd64q0cezc6QhGvDNChHrEALdYMY1nZNunOg7Vkyq2RVsdwhlyQUBdBdOSvslpz2Shjzv21xWLE/w482-h640/SG_jan24_fin_wandbehang_bett_wlogo.JPG" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HWUC1XupMsetjGF8HBAqnrVqFcNtoqNUNTNjLPOZHD7RdOfHg4w6DMZ4Cdoo00zLJvzIzn5E1STlWK-bIEySclm6lzU7hPGFq4e3_pXdXbCdMECswl8S7q0QVYZziCpF1xgilarYCYIcQI9IJlG2nETYBzKw2SUMf7Ojz8mOdNCnCEZ523xHmZtIL6c/s1200/DSC04791.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HWUC1XupMsetjGF8HBAqnrVqFcNtoqNUNTNjLPOZHD7RdOfHg4w6DMZ4Cdoo00zLJvzIzn5E1STlWK-bIEySclm6lzU7hPGFq4e3_pXdXbCdMECswl8S7q0QVYZziCpF1xgilarYCYIcQI9IJlG2nETYBzKw2SUMf7Ojz8mOdNCnCEZ523xHmZtIL6c/s320/DSC04791.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb8X6znGgo_G7HDfXBIS_tK8z5jXWwKQFkFlyOxggQNIEyuQo-dGmOOecNEwd4vpf1ateVKbVBWWUCjGdrBt390arycxQ98CUz53ydp7t6NUPOkgTSo59uubWLcvGn9IoY20PQspmaqRha-82E-XUVbqF7xQalO2Dz0zjb8hPu_-3EzHcpBmm75ZdKYQ/s1200/DSC04793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="899" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb8X6znGgo_G7HDfXBIS_tK8z5jXWwKQFkFlyOxggQNIEyuQo-dGmOOecNEwd4vpf1ateVKbVBWWUCjGdrBt390arycxQ98CUz53ydp7t6NUPOkgTSo59uubWLcvGn9IoY20PQspmaqRha-82E-XUVbqF7xQalO2Dz0zjb8hPu_-3EzHcpBmm75ZdKYQ/w319-h426/DSC04793.JPG" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkqW8rTHOc4RUaxrrYn76dH25ahNztUcVLVIbeNAxiuc1UTtKtYcBb4V6PjKxSthldBIR-meM4OWyxRTn8kcc7MmE9TMujl8jDDEcomma9SJbkDyv7AtPCIY1dLNYWlhHytBx_hbodROaSxO41hVzsKPKHvr5tlbYWyzoebohQsegQS5RPABH2Z_3Imk/s1200/DSC04796.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="903" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkqW8rTHOc4RUaxrrYn76dH25ahNztUcVLVIbeNAxiuc1UTtKtYcBb4V6PjKxSthldBIR-meM4OWyxRTn8kcc7MmE9TMujl8jDDEcomma9SJbkDyv7AtPCIY1dLNYWlhHytBx_hbodROaSxO41hVzsKPKHvr5tlbYWyzoebohQsegQS5RPABH2Z_3Imk/w320-h425/DSC04796.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXjskqkHP183dvV_fxoOcbeMpJ95_GoQXB02gJYgSyNEwPlyEfPqMHRjQsyUHNCUrRtJUr0eHT7aup66hlsjUyVGmuQmVqb0xLEc6N8jQ6uT2pcmhZU8WPk7xriDZJxx8U_x3MtBDJlPcHTPmV0tKqSFbNm00Rg2pK6TrkLbIANTgQ-NAdeih98q7bpg/s1200/DSC04784.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXjskqkHP183dvV_fxoOcbeMpJ95_GoQXB02gJYgSyNEwPlyEfPqMHRjQsyUHNCUrRtJUr0eHT7aup66hlsjUyVGmuQmVqb0xLEc6N8jQ6uT2pcmhZU8WPk7xriDZJxx8U_x3MtBDJlPcHTPmV0tKqSFbNm00Rg2pK6TrkLbIANTgQ-NAdeih98q7bpg/s320/DSC04784.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I found that the loss of control that bulkier pastes bring, gets more than outweighed by the beautiful random results that give very natural looking effects. And by going by a monochrome colour scheme I really made the textures and patterns the stars on this project. Will definitely do this again. And I hope you will give it a try, too!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvdhQlHmKTuoqHgjcpyUTXDlL-xAzT13STdu2k92NFfTpPTSMzgUqQFc4zRRy-bJCdoMhPfCoEXRo_DTuZ9cSveFsVxsQ_wHkEP3nQ4JmYw9Io-TCfHSbSr7uzIL3ZCJ_AI2sF87huF_KigNLCYrA8d0-nk3hwwcei1IDnhCz2PvQk11P4wZTSQpbNFQ/s1600/SG_jan24_collage_wlogo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvdhQlHmKTuoqHgjcpyUTXDlL-xAzT13STdu2k92NFfTpPTSMzgUqQFc4zRRy-bJCdoMhPfCoEXRo_DTuZ9cSveFsVxsQ_wHkEP3nQ4JmYw9Io-TCfHSbSr7uzIL3ZCJ_AI2sF87huF_KigNLCYrA8d0-nk3hwwcei1IDnhCz2PvQk11P4wZTSQpbNFQ/w480-h480/SG_jan24_collage_wlogo.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Claudia xxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vonpappe2.blogspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="300" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKuTg0xbRxi5m9dac3xq74EdflcXZb6rgoWJftyoI-5gn0EpAbQGyt0HOOjLuPSTEpONZq5x4aQSuqkKRFHTBJaUbvx1AD5CGSr_mQY29XIT4rHy2QZQYr7bCDYvp4X-kDSrtUpAPeJmjysww6yRJ_AT6EdhnTR1BUUbNVUvfm9XE4qwI2BuAvr2vZEk/w200-h78/logo_better_300w_transp.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/Default.asp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1912" data-original-width="1912" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDi2FpzMU2SZqDA9GcW-KrD8fqHzTNYWkjOTi-hpANQnzpLCfHSCBMtp2Wl-s_jSlGrvirHnpe41lJszV0OKHQ9BjGkranIFlcaZLPHojmTbuYiYaStze8sGAS7RYoEjLe6uyMsxeAXKKTFj9NsSkxiWDMZowNwL1nbWsHfhT6NuZxYgpFBM3G5sG4Oo/w200-h200/StencilGirl%20Columnist%20Button%20for%20blogs%20(1).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div></div>Claudia N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03577948083701178316noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-64180121502583940622024-01-15T03:00:00.024-06:002024-01-15T03:00:00.444-06:00For the Love of Layers - Art Journal Spread<script type="text/javascript">
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Laura Dame here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you believe we're already halfway through January?? Time has been flying. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We may be through the holidays, but winter is still in full swing. During this time of year, I tend to gravitate towards cooler, more muted colors, which I tend to blame on the season. It's so interesting how much outside forces can affect your mood and your art. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqBrPmNsyfu2ykoqFoGXeozMdTqoqZmcDJ1WiZAa1N6DTi4v1qI5KI4w-_zg8Gdub7H2fSM57fhahrSRu1MUATjWC6lWTTcE1l37K8nCA_bUOmlSL-_jgQaXNxBnfRp8tQ0WT3Ochsu0NTTuZJMeJVVtYGCdmRzHvRiDLjfWQdvPXFKa_FX0XQjGTCEA/s3515/PXL_20240101_165310517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3515" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqBrPmNsyfu2ykoqFoGXeozMdTqoqZmcDJ1WiZAa1N6DTi4v1qI5KI4w-_zg8Gdub7H2fSM57fhahrSRu1MUATjWC6lWTTcE1l37K8nCA_bUOmlSL-_jgQaXNxBnfRp8tQ0WT3Ochsu0NTTuZJMeJVVtYGCdmRzHvRiDLjfWQdvPXFKa_FX0XQjGTCEA/s320/PXL_20240101_165310517.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For this spread, I used a ton of different layers and techniques. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started with paint, and wiped some of it away through a stencil. Then I added more stenciling layers, some acrylic ink, collage papers, and more stenciling. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx20nz4XBkRbe2hQXDTcnahMR-Rkvb3MwxPIGCpS5uJCVsNkCtneZnLdbjMwFOBiuhOtwhFm1QOBK4CdALL3oFHWoyZl1SmVH2Sg-FFr6qgndONpBqrYurt-FXk0jDf5t_anKL5JBpjZz3V0RYtPq_kjGwIRVgN4ZNlBjHNRKWhycp4G7q6U8O626WYM/s3581/PXL_20240101_165305198.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3581" data-original-width="3054" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx20nz4XBkRbe2hQXDTcnahMR-Rkvb3MwxPIGCpS5uJCVsNkCtneZnLdbjMwFOBiuhOtwhFm1QOBK4CdALL3oFHWoyZl1SmVH2Sg-FFr6qgndONpBqrYurt-FXk0jDf5t_anKL5JBpjZz3V0RYtPq_kjGwIRVgN4ZNlBjHNRKWhycp4G7q6U8O626WYM/s320/PXL_20240101_165305198.jpg" width="273" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This spread took me on a bit of a journey, but I'm happy with where it ultimately ended up. It gives me all the wintery, January vibes, don't you think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out the video below to watch it all come together! I hope you enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UaDlth0Kb9o" width="320" youtube-src-id="UaDlth0Kb9o"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Stencils:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cb2521be-7fff-4a4b-d166-0287023b4b7c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-daisy-diasy-wendy-brightbill-p/l797.htm" target="_blank">Daisy Daisy</a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; 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</style><p class="Body" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you love the look and feel of Vintage books? Do you also enjoy adding art to your journals, crafting cards, and making things beautiful?</span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you do, I have something special to share with you: The Vintage Book Stencil Collection. One stencil is designed to make many sizes, for many uses.</span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What if one stencil could make all the different sizes we use so often in our art making and make it easy ? </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It can, and Valerie shows you how in her video tutorials.</span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What if a small collection of stencils spark your art journaling and card making to shine with a bright and cozy Vintage style? </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 12pt;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>It can! Check out the Vintage Book Stencil Collection.</span></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left: 11.45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -11.45pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLT-vFevDJZQZQM5HZttO1N5hug9YA17WDS13vkIMBB6tpXHgytKvdo0yDW10yFi8PeTFUZJNAiYvkMemZtdgeP7dXOoDR-QG2yo22YVRc6GKykptIiOj6nTsmZ9Us5qMMWHAip26Na4qulxNUEyKzqWUVT50DBmQFUF6fBOcp1OIikKp_QYLaYvk/s1080/SJODIN-Vintage%20Book%20Collection%20card%20examples-header-address.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="1080" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLT-vFevDJZQZQM5HZttO1N5hug9YA17WDS13vkIMBB6tpXHgytKvdo0yDW10yFi8PeTFUZJNAiYvkMemZtdgeP7dXOoDR-QG2yo22YVRc6GKykptIiOj6nTsmZ9Us5qMMWHAip26Na4qulxNUEyKzqWUVT50DBmQFUF6fBOcp1OIikKp_QYLaYvk/w640-h354/SJODIN-Vintage%20Book%20Collection%20card%20examples-header-address.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left: 11.45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -11.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Each of the Vintage stencils in the collection feature o</span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 12pt;">ne stencil </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">with many sizes and uses!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left: 11.45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -11.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Vintage Book Collection stencils are sized to fit standard sizes often used: 5x7” cards & paper, A5 (journals), ATC’s (2.5x3.5”), standard and mini tags etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left: 11.45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -11.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Since all the stencils in the Vintage Book Collection are designed to fit standard sizes, many of their elements are interchangeable. The designs in each stencil can be combined to make numerous art designs that coordinate together<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left: 11.45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -11.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Vintage Book Collection stencils are also designed as a companion with the mini Open Book stencil, creating beautiful book plates as well as fitting in the standard sizes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left: 11.45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -11.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Vintage Book Collection stencils can be paired with themed and patterned stencils you may already have, so there are unlimited possibilities for their use.</span></span></p></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UWQ22iBumIQ?si=70SnDlf3zA3sy_g_" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vintage Book Elements</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Vintage-Book-Elements-1-Valerie-Sjodin-p/ll1008.htm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3__at6gR5ij7nmuX7UCa6a7iFJLZgMHymM4nAtZLQLIpoOCgjg43vJ4zHGpGRHOj9z6QkEAohXYtE8WGAArLOK9g8SOB9CB5sIzwFuV5ndi0HIozP1HPrQR6vN18OgPOWlGOT1nGa5LMumdE-M0fo09DlRuZcEgCM_WgKce3Rrd2cj7EJFw3B4DvR/w640-h640/LL1008%20Sjodin%20Vintage%20Book%20Elements%20cut.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reminiscent of Vintage book covers and patterns, this Vintage geometric patterned stencil is designed to fit standard sizes often used: 5x7” cards & paper, A5 ( journals, ATC</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" face=""Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">s (2.5x3.5”), standard and mini tags etc. The individual designs in this stencil can be combined to make numerous art designs that coordinate together. The diamond patterns are repeatable if you want the pattern to cover more area.</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This Vintage Book Elements stencil is also designed as a companion with the mini Open Book stencil, creating beautiful book plates as well.</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">All the stencils in the Vintage Book Collection are designed to fit standard sizes, so many of their elements are interchangeable and can be used together, offering you more design choices in the same piece of artwork or series.</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This Vintage Book Elements 1 stencil can be paired with themed and patterned stencils you may already have, so there are unlimited possibilities for their use.</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The video shows you how to make beautiful Vintage book art!</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ijyuWh5jg_E?si=--Ip1skdEUbsqFO9&start=1" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1080" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJo54NHFD2KK03AqpabaSMhzYHOUaD9F-0pdEPze4siHoE0Hgaw8TofETyYHPzpIdC_8gme8rOVy3eQkZDxlJoMxv9TbRxlFzAETGGa3s1g3qGH8MgarQ1EuzPo7HYVRQTbXT1-wr1fWK3JLpUYwm1ZtQrK1ZagZl25Q_W6MVg79m9_6ZhDuWJiXns/w640-h422/SJODIN-Vintage%20Book%20Elements%201-5x7%E2%80%9D%20cards,%20A5%20journal,%20ATCs,%20tagswatercolor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: large;"><b>Vintage Book Leaves</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Vintage-Book-Leaves-Valerie-Sjodin-p/ll1010.htm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxL443jWYwG8XwXgNia-xWrdWTOro_TmeO6ypPZ2Qe7vts5yZDZ1xooHolXlNrBUdzPt2NXA2yNQvhK37e-G3SxtBgPOGAllsIdz2_aC3sa4lFLq6QBdePfLbqfLQWKpi_JjH78Dem4L0iZlhW7EMqbVOMYpLeQYrG5iDuFArbwbRNujEiJMb9zjLW/w640-h640/LL1010%20Sjodin%20Vintage%20Book%20Leaves%20cut.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reminiscent of Vintage book covers and patterns, this Vintage leaf patterned stencil is designed to fit standard sizes often used: 5x7” cards & paper, A5 (journals, ATC</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" face=""Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">s (2.5x3.5”), standard and mini tags etc. The individual designs in this stencil can be combined to make numerous art designs that coordinate together.</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This Vintage Book Leaves stencil is also designed as a companion with the mini Open Book stencil, creating beautiful book plates as well.</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">All the stencils in the Vintage Book Collection are designed to fit standard sizes, so many of their elements are interchangeable and can be used together, offering you more design choices in the same piece of artwork or series. Check out the Vintage Book Elements 1 stencil.</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This Vintage Book Leaves stencil can also be paired with leaf and nature themed stencils you may already have, so there are unlimited possibilities for their use.</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; 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margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNhZXXd2aFvhSE_g4fMvRNG2kpP9zG8xLoGumErEVIYiRnybJ1_D7G2OgJ3iFIFRElS-_aczGwnBp3PUb0YBMinGjicn876ZX1CpOJtB6GH343EP5v-mHNj9LYNxVBzLrOhmGBoiMA2Zh_S_gtO2o94AnfmPy6RFKitGFTaYrPWu8pM3HMtB_BjBk/w400-h400/M342%20Sjodin%20Open%20Book%20Stencil.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;">This mini 4”x4” Open Book stencil has been designed for making personalized book plates in journals, and to fit Artist Trading Card and tag art. It is a great companion to the </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Bold", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;">Vintage Book Stencil Collection</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;">, easily combining with the elements in those stencils.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The versatile open book image can be paired with themed and patterned stencils you may already have, so there are unlimited possibilities for its use.</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans Regular", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; 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</script><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnjPPu8TzvJAMy8woNgfwK-Fn6fd8AhYYpjw8KIAsEs-vDuFTCsAfrURqFcovUSYzzzOiVCNffGvCI_vZlIGm0uiv8OABfD1Qpt861OtDyyW8GS3xDcLGeY-LJJkAlZmZIs-SnjOdJX1xnRufiNs8cxDDYjxU46hC4JNaeKzsXG0ROS1sS9O3yunssB4/s4032/IMG_9863.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2937" data-original-width="4032" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnjPPu8TzvJAMy8woNgfwK-Fn6fd8AhYYpjw8KIAsEs-vDuFTCsAfrURqFcovUSYzzzOiVCNffGvCI_vZlIGm0uiv8OABfD1Qpt861OtDyyW8GS3xDcLGeY-LJJkAlZmZIs-SnjOdJX1xnRufiNs8cxDDYjxU46hC4JNaeKzsXG0ROS1sS9O3yunssB4/w640-h466/IMG_9863.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Hello creative friends! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Happy 2024 to you all.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today I will be guiding you through an adorable little mixed media project using Faces in the Crowd stencil by Jennifer Evans.</div><div><br /></div><div>When inspiration strikes I always act. </div><div>With that said, a piece of fabric that I had stenciled faces on stared at me from the pile of “inspiration” on my desk, along with other bits of fabric and I immediately started stacking.</div><div>The result are these adorable mixed media pins that can be incorporated in art journal pages, adorned on gift packaging, given as friendship gratitude tokens or worn on your favourite clothing!</div><div><br /></div><div>I have used the Faces in the crowd stencil designed by Jennifer Evans, countless times! </div><div>Check out this project ~<a href="https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/04/stencilled-paper-dolls.html" target="_blank">Paper Dolls</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Let’s start the process:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Step 1:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Gather your base fabric, faces in the crowd stencil and black acrylic paint.</div><div>Stencil the faces of choice on to the fabric</div><div>Allow to dry completely </div><div>Cut around each face allowing some room for stitching</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDPCQsWTUfIuRf2oUa2tDf5bpdegp4NLHm64L32aIkitoIMfCpa812a24jug_wbQhlmsA6tHKMcEvlCK-x9s2druTC-PSYV_1QZpuO9lVIF9_UfT7Opu_nq79I-JBA9wdKemXl6ehZuYotUJs4tIkDmT9fGVoPePswmxjOI6kkeujR3xdcrVaYtxRPn0/w640-h480/IMG_9868.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Step 2:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Select fabric pieces of your choice (I also used a small piece of batting to create dimension.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cut the first piece ( the one beneath the face) 1/4” longer than the face </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Continue with all following layers increasing by 1/4”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stack the fabrics with the largest piece on the bottom </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClB6kxlFRppSxVW2boGxg_K9Chcp3FhA-1cOPtpzB6BL5Yicpomhm9X_zdGrgSeECQAdZfe9-Gu88BMViyfRwfKk_cdY5hHmDLr_M86TGfQwYktMNpbvZfp1qQiOxmb_GPsBfMBR540aviG6dIQvNx7L-iG5-Ns-lsELyH9KDYwHUNXlKEbwNADrssAg/s4032/IMG_9873.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClB6kxlFRppSxVW2boGxg_K9Chcp3FhA-1cOPtpzB6BL5Yicpomhm9X_zdGrgSeECQAdZfe9-Gu88BMViyfRwfKk_cdY5hHmDLr_M86TGfQwYktMNpbvZfp1qQiOxmb_GPsBfMBR540aviG6dIQvNx7L-iG5-Ns-lsELyH9KDYwHUNXlKEbwNADrssAg/w635-h644/IMG_9873.jpeg" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the face outline on top, pin all pieces together and stitch around the face </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used my sewing machine but hand stitching works just as well</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Using your fingers (or a tool you prefer) fray each of the fabric edges</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love me worn, unraveled edges!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtL6AHmLxEktTcJDwbw3sgbQ53DlOiAyuc3rCPlBtQjshNoSUq8gNagzFrvPGoTv54-4DZn1CN6ACxrSlc0qKR5NiCfcKHjdWaUVjLOEsp16kZM4m818_njyYQuzp3AZaj_5rUOx17q860yO_Isn6OUCEPMMgXU4ZqnRoJewUmftXvKIHuGzvMjFEwycA/s3122/IMG_9935.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3122" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtL6AHmLxEktTcJDwbw3sgbQ53DlOiAyuc3rCPlBtQjshNoSUq8gNagzFrvPGoTv54-4DZn1CN6ACxrSlc0qKR5NiCfcKHjdWaUVjLOEsp16kZM4m818_njyYQuzp3AZaj_5rUOx17q860yO_Isn6OUCEPMMgXU4ZqnRoJewUmftXvKIHuGzvMjFEwycA/w620-h640/IMG_9935.jpeg" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Step 4:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Add some further individual personality to each one with beads and buttons! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLJMyHLMuDXtvdlN4EY0eiMATwOP7DSohFG2EWhhM_0CXSHiSQbLs7zROsp0PGxP1VCDFpV-kzJTq58iSBWQihlhCGGBgbpbqEo9PeCxx0MvuQz6PQMhyERkijhCsneVK3yR6wa8X2XcXatqEbmO_2pPaSRljr2wCFalbTg1ch7UtncOfk7jNCGRpYYU/s4032/IMG_9875.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLJMyHLMuDXtvdlN4EY0eiMATwOP7DSohFG2EWhhM_0CXSHiSQbLs7zROsp0PGxP1VCDFpV-kzJTq58iSBWQihlhCGGBgbpbqEo9PeCxx0MvuQz6PQMhyERkijhCsneVK3yR6wa8X2XcXatqEbmO_2pPaSRljr2wCFalbTg1ch7UtncOfk7jNCGRpYYU/w618-h640/IMG_9875.jpeg" width="618" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b>Step 5:</b><div><br /></div><div>To create a brooch, simply stitch a safety pin in the back</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGw76TlBE0XXnYedz3oVy5jP_z9GjFb6KWfcGWeVJDO2uuIYfMIWHiMPvYY0sAj6svITxYKtBP8rlk5uYhgIIAK6UZ-BzsbyUJuzvR2Vlzx8-igKgEoYG_TmZZbTzfLwQf1ERab4jSkY7_Lyruy7tUpWkDqV4mW0JwlfX_AL8M_TwCDmB5qvAGaoMT52Q/s3287/IMG_9876.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGw76TlBE0XXnYedz3oVy5jP_z9GjFb6KWfcGWeVJDO2uuIYfMIWHiMPvYY0sAj6svITxYKtBP8rlk5uYhgIIAK6UZ-BzsbyUJuzvR2Vlzx8-igKgEoYG_TmZZbTzfLwQf1ERab4jSkY7_Lyruy7tUpWkDqV4mW0JwlfX_AL8M_TwCDmB5qvAGaoMT52Q/w604-h640/IMG_9876.jpeg" width="604" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Your pins are now ready to find their receiver- a perfect token in happy mail✨</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><b>Supplies:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stencil~Faces in the Crowd <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/searchresults.asp?Search=faces+in+the+crowd&Submit=" target="_blank">Faces in the crowd</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Black acrylic paint</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cosmetic sponge</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fabric</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Needle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thread</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Scissors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Safety Pin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you for being here, I look forward to seeing your creative ladies! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Have a fabulously blessed and creative year!</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmM7CFfumiTPZ_rJdXVExl-XUgR6tm2FJRSZ3ZwB9RLGAltMMg9tcCgWA19EaAJECdBSFnO-IbdgUsJ6ufbH-IxJ60i5zdAPwL0yAQio5-cRAHAu0ippPTYMMynyzZk4RDqVS7g2mty317CHIKToWQo6aSBWF6v9lwXtTfbA6AKA4_k38n3bg2dvRT78/s2259/IMG-2095.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2259" data-original-width="2259" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmM7CFfumiTPZ_rJdXVExl-XUgR6tm2FJRSZ3ZwB9RLGAltMMg9tcCgWA19EaAJECdBSFnO-IbdgUsJ6ufbH-IxJ60i5zdAPwL0yAQio5-cRAHAu0ippPTYMMynyzZk4RDqVS7g2mty317CHIKToWQo6aSBWF6v9lwXtTfbA6AKA4_k38n3bg2dvRT78/w129-h129/IMG-2095.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><br /><div>xoTina </div><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tinahoisart/" target="_blank">TinaHoisArt</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Tina Hoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431975911627933379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-12296191662051608752024-01-08T00:00:00.004-06:002024-01-08T00:00:00.131-06:00The Optical Tools of the Old Masters<h1 style="text-align: left;">What is the Secret Knowledge?</h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEYCyLJnGRRrlG27MtaLuKeeArM3w0P4rIX-fQ4AIbZ7MpEqJJIMCow9S5rVE5s7ZspoG-GICrCxZpwjBj4XQ1O0LhYvYxBeDDxsDf22byR3lmsy6h7B60V3znbnjzOCP5AbdgDIDzcrFE4uS8taPvLeiKelZJOZd2yQ0sUhyzYj9PYYg8700F5SV6kMk/s857/Jennifer%20Armstrong%20banner.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="857" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEYCyLJnGRRrlG27MtaLuKeeArM3w0P4rIX-fQ4AIbZ7MpEqJJIMCow9S5rVE5s7ZspoG-GICrCxZpwjBj4XQ1O0LhYvYxBeDDxsDf22byR3lmsy6h7B60V3znbnjzOCP5AbdgDIDzcrFE4uS8taPvLeiKelZJOZd2yQ0sUhyzYj9PYYg8700F5SV6kMk/w640-h240/Jennifer%20Armstrong%20banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </h1><h3><br /></h3><h3><br /></h3><h3><br /></h3><h3><br /></h3><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /> When we talk about master artists, what are our assumptions? There may or may not be technical virtuosity, innovative use of materials, mastery of color and form. What I think we can safely assume is that there is something about the way a master artist sees - either the physical world or the interior world of the imagination. For my part, I’d say it is the vision of the artist, the ability to observe the visible world and then translate that observation meaningfully that sets an artist into the category of “master." Some artists actually suffered from eye or neurological problems that impacted their vision. Monet had cataracts that strongly influenced his later paintings; Van Gogh had problems with his eyes (and with the medicines he took for them) that may have effected his color vision and exaggerated the “halo” effect he saw around lights at night; Rembrandt may have had strabismus, which is suggested by misalignment of his eyes in his self-portraits. Before the widespread use of corrective lenses, any visual artist painting from life was at the mercy of his or her eyes, and any loss of visual acuity could mean the end of a career - or potentially, it could provoke innovation. <br /> Artists, art historians, physicists, and eye specialists have all brought their own expertise to the question how did this artist see? What evidence is there of eye disease or faulty vision? What evidence is there that this artist had an optical assist? <br /> As early as the 11th Century, monks were using lenses to help with illuminating manuscripts; prisms <br />were so common by Isaac Newton’s time that he was able to purchase some at a local market fair; and of course mirrors (at first of polished metals) were in use for millennia. DaVinci’s notebooks are filled with drawings of optical apparatus, and he is known to have used a <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura" target="_blank">camera obscura</a> </i>- essentially a giant pinhole camera - as a drawing aid. He wasn’t the only artist to do so.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV50bDMRY86bhTdajN23Uorlhs-wmZzZjagK00O8nDKoyCusITQ5whwNcfjdG0h0Uo5sLp9-8l_3dBZmf4zujF8IZzW5TWq2Qt0zoFOAQQZ2_m66lLnKrs_6KaBgC5FivSbJ0nqkv2r9HhmsVWSB66lKkVTW4A4WuMZ0DTsu7O5qJ1iiHMBA9FjgPIu12/s474/th-4249843036.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="474" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV50bDMRY86bhTdajN23Uorlhs-wmZzZjagK00O8nDKoyCusITQ5whwNcfjdG0h0Uo5sLp9-8l_3dBZmf4zujF8IZzW5TWq2Qt0zoFOAQQZ2_m66lLnKrs_6KaBgC5FivSbJ0nqkv2r9HhmsVWSB66lKkVTW4A4WuMZ0DTsu7O5qJ1iiHMBA9FjgPIu12/w640-h336/th-4249843036.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawing from Da Vinci's notebooks of a <i>camera obscura</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><br /> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> In fact, in the 15th Century, there was a dramatic shift in painting towards extreme realism. There are persuasive arguments that starting at this time, many master painters were using optical devices that were becoming widely available to help them render complex scenes with minute detail and precision. Some of the evidence is in the subject matter of the paintings themselves - we see spectacles, magnifying glasses, convex mirrors, prisms, all of which can be used in combination to project an image onto a surface. Some of the evidence is in the changing focus in some paintings - an effect that doesn’t happen with the human eye, which refocuses on whatever it looks at directly. Lens effects such as fish-eye distortions are evident in some paintings, too. Some evidence comes from x-rays, which reveal how “sketchy” an underpainting or drawing was (or whether there was one at all - sketchy lines indicate an artist trying to get the shape or line or position right, in other words, by eye; unhesitating lines are tracing lines,) Some of the evidence is practical - to render mathematical precision of curving patterns by eye is extremely complex and time-consuming, and working artists usually did not have the luxury of spending that much time. Documentary evidence from letters and diaries often reveals the time spent before delivering portraits, as well as mentions of various "devices" in studios. There is an almost breathtaking exuberance to the depiction of lavishly patterned or embroidered textiles, engraving on shaped armor, and minute details of facial features that arrives (in art history terms) almost overnight. The shift from generalized portraiture to almost photographic realism in distinct, specific portraits happens in the blink of an eye. <br /> These arguments, and the paintings that support them, are convincingly presented in a book by famed artist, David Hockney, <u>The Secret Knowledge</u>. (It’s a big glossy book you may find in your public library’s oversized collection). Hockney argues that this "secret knowledge" of using optical tools as drawing aids was often a trade secret, passed down from master to student, but not widely known (or understood) outside of the scientific or artistic community. This “optical drawing tools thesis” often runs into fierce opposition from </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTRvTOMu6n0JAjDT2BIfGyJ2KWNRJJpPMsZhW9BLpfGNTQiYBPtLbq8p8dVErj_yprgDYJiHp2dYeUYKZJzegSq4ij5_OjuOGkhsLwBOHl-IKwWR1gcPnfX0FaUrpuh2ztMli8zNxt1NoyvbE-sXPOJ0P200ITNsk_arz6diIyzWxvHaJ1RfK-nmXkeyP/s1229/H21441-L236716976-1295106025.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTRvTOMu6n0JAjDT2BIfGyJ2KWNRJJpPMsZhW9BLpfGNTQiYBPtLbq8p8dVErj_yprgDYJiHp2dYeUYKZJzegSq4ij5_OjuOGkhsLwBOHl-IKwWR1gcPnfX0FaUrpuh2ztMli8zNxt1NoyvbE-sXPOJ0P200ITNsk_arz6diIyzWxvHaJ1RfK-nmXkeyP/s320/H21441-L236716976-1295106025.jpg" width="260" /></a></div>critics and art historians who prefer to attribute all mastery in great painting to “genius.” This, I think, is too rigid a view of what artists do (especially artists who are trying to earn a living, an important consideration when it comes to efficiency). The artist may be brilliant and have a unique visual interpretation to share, but without any tools, how is that sharing supposed to occur? We allow the artist the paintbrush, we allow the paints - and as paint technology changed over time the colors changed and became more vivid. I hope we would allow the artist corrective lenses - otherwise everyone reading this with the aid of glasses is out of luck. Stencils are tools. Rulers are tools. Rubber stamps and pencils and pens are tools. Using a grid to help copy an image, using reference photos, cameras themselves - these are all tools for the artist. Without a vision, the tools are just inert objects. Art arises from the decisions the artist makes about what to show us with those materials. The tools are there to help make those decisions visible to the rest of us. <br /> There are digital tools now that can help artists in similar ways. The <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_lucida" target="_blank">camera lucida</a></i>, a portable optical drawing tool patented in 1806, has been reimagined a number of times by app developers. I’ve played around with a couple of them; one is called Camera Lucida, one is called AR Art Projector: Da Vinci Eye. It takes some getting used to, because while you are drawing you are looking at the screen of your phone or tablet rather than the paper you are drawing on, but it’s well worth experimenting with. Practice, practice! Try it with pencil. Try it with a pen. Try with a loaded brush. Try with charcoal. Try the same image at different enlargements. Try it with a face, try it with a building, try it with a landscape. <br /> At this point you may be wondering why you might bother with a technique that takes so much practice when - if you want that kind of accuracy - you can trace over any photograph and transfer it to a surface. All I can suggest is that you may not always have access to a printer. You may not own a printer. You may have a printer but be traveling. I’m sure are there are other reasons. Maybe you don’t even need a reason. Learning new techniques to apply to art making is always an opportunity for growth. Most importantly, free yourself from the worry that using any kind of drawing aid is somehow cheating. After all, if a candid photograph can be art, then nothing else you make with your hands - and tools - need be disqualified from consideration. We may be awestruck watching an artist create a realistic portrait alla prima, but that’s not the only way to do it. The old masters showed us the way.<br /> So, you should feel free to use this tool to add anything to your artwork that you want to draw accurately - even if it’s just to get the proportions right. Below are some examples of my own experiments with the Camera Lucida app. I’m using it on my phone, but you can also install it on an iPad, and I think that might be easier.<br /> What you should know:<br /> 1. Don’t use a pen with a white casing if you’re drawing on white paper - I couldn’t see where I was when I carelessly picked up a white ballpoint to draw with. You'll see what happened when I made that mistake! <br /> 2. When the app is in drawing mode, you can magnify your drawing and the photo in order to work on fine details, without losing the alignment of your phone with the image you are drawing. <br /> 3. It takes some getting used to, so be prepared to practice drawing the same image over and over with different tools to get a feel for what works best. <br /> 4. A tripod isn’t exactly required, but I don’t imagine you can do this by holding your phone. Rig up something to hold it still while you draw. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDjZahVpgPvG8zp4rzNr7t8Olfno2NIEXeVsG5ozIODVupPbzQdGafQiNyJ_RnFFPElUFR1tJHjpG3KWQWlT1pxRY9v3wJdEb0fuQ3zY4x3I2neHhKa2hm9joljcz-McHWM9bAdnSwIeCQn3v_UblOYjXph6xTvSHeYd3PWqHDOXkJ0ikmTCp-M6yXRHv/s1479/filename-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="1178" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDjZahVpgPvG8zp4rzNr7t8Olfno2NIEXeVsG5ozIODVupPbzQdGafQiNyJ_RnFFPElUFR1tJHjpG3KWQWlT1pxRY9v3wJdEb0fuQ3zY4x3I2neHhKa2hm9joljcz-McHWM9bAdnSwIeCQn3v_UblOYjXph6xTvSHeYd3PWqHDOXkJ0ikmTCp-M6yXRHv/w318-h400/filename-1.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a family photo - I'm pretty sure it's my paternal grandfather. I chose this to practice with as doesn't have a lot of distracting background. The sepia print means I won't be distracted by color, either.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDFqMmHq9_M6v2OrnlideglnqisdbtZaXH27j6texV97npw1G9MoFYtqzCtqAZGT4Zvc9CPTBI97aEF3UW2j_SqOrGo2oVEpNw3RNzPmAcZ05ID1HYehyphenhyphenlWuSJQxlBEdDKjEUp5PrOfZlwwt0a7548iIufqUh62EELTQXQnH8rRa6lEssRgXVvniip0R4/s3024/IMG_7037.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2893" data-original-width="3024" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDFqMmHq9_M6v2OrnlideglnqisdbtZaXH27j6texV97npw1G9MoFYtqzCtqAZGT4Zvc9CPTBI97aEF3UW2j_SqOrGo2oVEpNw3RNzPmAcZ05ID1HYehyphenhyphenlWuSJQxlBEdDKjEUp5PrOfZlwwt0a7548iIufqUh62EELTQXQnH8rRa6lEssRgXVvniip0R4/w400-h383/IMG_7037.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First attempt, left. Second attempt, going smaller, but using a pen that was hard to see through the screen! I got lost trying to find the ears...</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4acTWPpCHY9x5zi56yEjtZkfCcISuY5-HIXjwlRzelMp08o8W1C_VCerz9TPtsZW3Kn8TPMnJS_XhJq1r0LxM8UQJxxC64oq3hLIr9BholF_4Fry2i56F4GpJWLuSA0goygLAzhmqJHBgfu5GhF8yF6WoEDrTEFARkfWDVt9zsTBQti91esCc4OE8ael/s3799/IMG_7040.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3799" data-original-width="2935" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4acTWPpCHY9x5zi56yEjtZkfCcISuY5-HIXjwlRzelMp08o8W1C_VCerz9TPtsZW3Kn8TPMnJS_XhJq1r0LxM8UQJxxC64oq3hLIr9BholF_4Fry2i56F4GpJWLuSA0goygLAzhmqJHBgfu5GhF8yF6WoEDrTEFARkfWDVt9zsTBQti91esCc4OE8ael/w309-h400/IMG_7040.jpeg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a marker, and exploring the magnification options. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEClSpjYgmxB1qXinRH_4GEaWoC63r9v3_ZhgdE26CAwlJdJhzJ0jvj3jlADzOPMINstYJu2-rddJKCWS80bwXUTdHQ9Z4TBo-v2U2SEW_ZA_SliorjX04CYopdHerE4yQLL2kzAsa-eCqv6H2adKd17LMVpdPzfbZzNlLY1nD6J_z1zYm-CMauj1h9qGK/s3024/IMG_7041.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2226" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEClSpjYgmxB1qXinRH_4GEaWoC63r9v3_ZhgdE26CAwlJdJhzJ0jvj3jlADzOPMINstYJu2-rddJKCWS80bwXUTdHQ9Z4TBo-v2U2SEW_ZA_SliorjX04CYopdHerE4yQLL2kzAsa-eCqv6H2adKd17LMVpdPzfbZzNlLY1nD6J_z1zYm-CMauj1h9qGK/s320/IMG_7041.jpeg" width="236" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here I used a Stabilo All on watercolor paper. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWLFekiVgurbVCrJNCwa4Dq35gREGIt6YBAvepQyrJRmuXad5ZXkCJ4mijPLUtPQOOL3IMXVLhW3s_ftw_ONVdCdInUOp3H-s0kTedSaBpAvGFQaUnz6TqCZ-xfQKvezHnnao4ZT9afiq-EwJM-MoWfrKEgHG4bywNdV4wQF97Cv1sW2Azs6ZyNJUAL2s/s1996/IMG_0055.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="1949" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWLFekiVgurbVCrJNCwa4Dq35gREGIt6YBAvepQyrJRmuXad5ZXkCJ4mijPLUtPQOOL3IMXVLhW3s_ftw_ONVdCdInUOp3H-s0kTedSaBpAvGFQaUnz6TqCZ-xfQKvezHnnao4ZT9afiq-EwJM-MoWfrKEgHG4bywNdV4wQF97Cv1sW2Azs6ZyNJUAL2s/w390-h400/IMG_0055.jpeg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now I have taped down a small art journal to a spread with blue gesso, and I'm going to try drawing this face now directly into the book. Using the Stabilo All was probably not a good choice, as it loses its sharp point very quickly and makes it hard to get fine detail. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyzVSOBSH1SQw4DBLJSei1R1e1vtYYuwqUXpaikOvkjmyk0HRawYDhUYhYZa_wVeMl1iD8_wuvErprYW9gAAZkvbL5YrniR9CvIkKRF2ICBsD04UrHs0lZdVzhpWKhkyPhk3MVCHoQFdC7fR0NfqKbG-Y2rVG3d_VP-0HN3ghycNa08oFzu1mNKFCnLiy/s2234/IMG_0063.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2234" data-original-width="2107" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyzVSOBSH1SQw4DBLJSei1R1e1vtYYuwqUXpaikOvkjmyk0HRawYDhUYhYZa_wVeMl1iD8_wuvErprYW9gAAZkvbL5YrniR9CvIkKRF2ICBsD04UrHs0lZdVzhpWKhkyPhk3MVCHoQFdC7fR0NfqKbG-Y2rVG3d_VP-0HN3ghycNa08oFzu1mNKFCnLiy/w378-h400/IMG_0063.JPG" width="378" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the magnification to try to get some detail in the eyes.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgY6ldRbhY5GKbvN7hrDCy-0zxrj0zNPiB6y261NszaSOSfCny0vdv1lKQ1CdBIxoZcAuYvp9LQv4mOSEgQiqKYAJUHU7tKGqGgdoTwSsOHtcB_vjUIcRPRq82VMlilW0jenwCx2U0-gO9a454lwFF_8U6cXpiSDzS2sYTFNxqAA8Mf_GAkbxy3PUkF7Qb/s2725/IMG_7046.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2057" data-original-width="2725" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgY6ldRbhY5GKbvN7hrDCy-0zxrj0zNPiB6y261NszaSOSfCny0vdv1lKQ1CdBIxoZcAuYvp9LQv4mOSEgQiqKYAJUHU7tKGqGgdoTwSsOHtcB_vjUIcRPRq82VMlilW0jenwCx2U0-gO9a454lwFF_8U6cXpiSDzS2sYTFNxqAA8Mf_GAkbxy3PUkF7Qb/w400-h303/IMG_7046.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quick art journal spread using the drawing I copied from the photo directly into the journal with the Camera Lucida app. He came out looking younger than in the photo, but that doesn't matter.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span> </span>I haven't yet tried using this app with photos of architecture or landscape, but that will be next on my "to try" list. If you want to include drawings with accurate proportions in your work, but you feel that your "by eye" drawing skills are not up to the task, by all means, use an optical drawing tool. If it worked for the greats, it can work for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stencils used in this project:</p><p> </p><p>Four inch stencil from the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-club-sept-2019-irish-travelers-s/2107.htm" target="_blank">September 2019 Club Set </a>by Tina Walker<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FURq_xqZcco3cO-FA48s9Qyopo7ymjl-a0-_YuFuMgN2f4mMT2c70cpKBlWHbJk6CgzJoHDz6Z113yD6xB3F-EHjSJ9jCmDJ8J6H9z1SB0Pro8E7SUECh5GblKaFq_Juwj8aEzOvmwjtR_KyNbWfrbI_K_Qt2lV7x8NycuOSFtQsB_36wyLaofFpemYW/s500/2107.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FURq_xqZcco3cO-FA48s9Qyopo7ymjl-a0-_YuFuMgN2f4mMT2c70cpKBlWHbJk6CgzJoHDz6Z113yD6xB3F-EHjSJ9jCmDJ8J6H9z1SB0Pro8E7SUECh5GblKaFq_Juwj8aEzOvmwjtR_KyNbWfrbI_K_Qt2lV7x8NycuOSFtQsB_36wyLaofFpemYW/s320/2107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Six inch stencil from the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-club-february-2014-s/1986.htm" target="_blank">February 2014 Club Set</a> by Mary Beth Shaw<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNXJVl-J66iCuo35KIh4XSCBZX5EJco_Wpv-03Vtb3MLnZMdpCcx27eMMZzhul2AijTsqYZbaMtXebczpIjdNN3vrjWc1_5-TzIk56cPdD-vUBMH1yMfADIo7kKOieWjYZLxqoaVF7xqUjON9c7bdEw4T-KBSjRqmgV_7_hz6uGapHVI-KHVEERzWFbpT/s500/1986.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="470" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNXJVl-J66iCuo35KIh4XSCBZX5EJco_Wpv-03Vtb3MLnZMdpCcx27eMMZzhul2AijTsqYZbaMtXebczpIjdNN3vrjWc1_5-TzIk56cPdD-vUBMH1yMfADIo7kKOieWjYZLxqoaVF7xqUjON9c7bdEw4T-KBSjRqmgV_7_hz6uGapHVI-KHVEERzWFbpT/s320/1986.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-ATC-Mixup-Carriker-Pam-Carriker-p/l651.htm" target="_blank">ATC Mixup by Pam Carriker L651</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ow6rnOHyhGwX7U6CO5xuF9E6jkexngCkVfvR8IyfHnAkOrknI7V8pYjm_oSYuQXK_GqF1QRsnvompNSj-coic73f_jPtBFZWHQA3puV31JR7PhVsZnLWUoSakNazCNiMDVM42ghTxTLfxjws07EAAi2Cm8caLoFEJlP75k5vbPQlU2j665iTiLf4jk5b/s200/L651-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="150" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ow6rnOHyhGwX7U6CO5xuF9E6jkexngCkVfvR8IyfHnAkOrknI7V8pYjm_oSYuQXK_GqF1QRsnvompNSj-coic73f_jPtBFZWHQA3puV31JR7PhVsZnLWUoSakNazCNiMDVM42ghTxTLfxjws07EAAi2Cm8caLoFEJlP75k5vbPQlU2j665iTiLf4jk5b/w300-h400/L651-1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span> </span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-50803561037487372892024-01-02T00:00:00.050-06:002024-01-02T00:00:00.154-06:00Guest Designer Frieda Oxenham<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First of all I
want to thank StencilGirl® Products for giving me the opportunity to share my
work with you as monthly Guest Designer another year. And I want to thank all
of you for having a look and maybe be inspired by some of my projects to make
your own or pick up on a new (to you) technique. I was inspired myself this
month by some of my own photographs of skies. I post a daily picture of skies
on my Instagram account (@friedaquilter) and have done so since the start of
2019, and I remain in awe of how the skies change not just every day but on a
minute by minute basis.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBpWRfNQ_GoEVFdmTewUKr-rTRYyxnTYE7yWjpBz_d3apYKbEZaQGziCt3esNUIG7I9knGJkckCPFXoPisUKi78bPDMsDXk-yQLf5Dd-FSZTdI6B_SBiU7Rx48D1WeWAwwnjCo_oFPYk3xJmOD0PZJTQWn49fDwHO2Ob24qxHOBWRAS6exl20YTdoyBJq/s4032/Detail2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBpWRfNQ_GoEVFdmTewUKr-rTRYyxnTYE7yWjpBz_d3apYKbEZaQGziCt3esNUIG7I9knGJkckCPFXoPisUKi78bPDMsDXk-yQLf5Dd-FSZTdI6B_SBiU7Rx48D1WeWAwwnjCo_oFPYk3xJmOD0PZJTQWn49fDwHO2Ob24qxHOBWRAS6exl20YTdoyBJq/w300-h400/Detail2.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is the
tutorial:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Working
in an A3 (297 x 420 mm or 11.7 x 16.5”) Daley Rowney Artist’s sketchbook or any
other sketchbook of your choice, paint on the page using a selection of Paper
Artsy Fresco Finish acrylic paints. I used Amethyst, Tinned Peas, China,
Caramet and Pixie Dust.<span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VZobriJUXOK5c1_2ApafNSE6XQbmjwNBbPrGWxQcj7N0p1CuU6_ktXwENDagcxTVOm9TG02upRAcvuhuYPRR0I2QAwaN3y9Sz8cPsw8yB1P1gl6eyI062IZKZJqlZ2Iw0f9fTvu6oA9rN7IuPivn5oXflYXKIKxoVoC_Cc4s2cTAF1nthCmX31hO058n/s3900/Pic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3900" data-original-width="2613" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VZobriJUXOK5c1_2ApafNSE6XQbmjwNBbPrGWxQcj7N0p1CuU6_ktXwENDagcxTVOm9TG02upRAcvuhuYPRR0I2QAwaN3y9Sz8cPsw8yB1P1gl6eyI062IZKZJqlZ2Iw0f9fTvu6oA9rN7IuPivn5oXflYXKIKxoVoC_Cc4s2cTAF1nthCmX31hO058n/w268-h400/Pic1.jpg" width="268" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Brayer
on white acrylic paint randomly and then remove it again through <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Disappearing-Triangles-Andrew-Borloz-p/s672.htm">stencil
S672 Disappearing Triangles</a> with a baby wipe<span>.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5OC3eGagYooilRvisXicZ90I98tmQkk9Xboc_62oDrjkRVL5FfvEnrsF7jQW3s1vx29RTMU-OB4GIXa-AKWAqpb7_1mwLpzA031taXDZ2EyH1D5Ge2mRrEgfYGfj92vaQUATX_0FC-k4Y0Dmqlypt7z7iNauYrq7K7S8v4FR0BdQJPMgBFHXeXswT0C_/s4032/Pic2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2734" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5OC3eGagYooilRvisXicZ90I98tmQkk9Xboc_62oDrjkRVL5FfvEnrsF7jQW3s1vx29RTMU-OB4GIXa-AKWAqpb7_1mwLpzA031taXDZ2EyH1D5Ge2mRrEgfYGfj92vaQUATX_0FC-k4Y0Dmqlypt7z7iNauYrq7K7S8v4FR0BdQJPMgBFHXeXswT0C_/w271-h400/Pic2.jpg" width="271" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Stencil
on the page using stencil <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-triangles-rae-missigman-p/m081.htm">M081
Rows of Triangles</a> and some of the colours of acrylic paints from step 1
with an cosmetic wedge. <span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVrIKzOb2Pf5a2hckFMH6WBqEEejOmC_nIsCo7CJG1_VpJ-NncXM8rCeHDLztzUcJ7R15FK97L4GviOWnhkacDkWHMFE0nsVWjc1fZXvyFt6d9pS3OjNrgQ2XECI1LHrJwGmXy1GZ4F-Yvvnbyt_Ki3EfRU9S5SjX7YsVKn7cudK6765fY1RSj1u7je1h/s3771/Pic3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3771" data-original-width="2652" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVrIKzOb2Pf5a2hckFMH6WBqEEejOmC_nIsCo7CJG1_VpJ-NncXM8rCeHDLztzUcJ7R15FK97L4GviOWnhkacDkWHMFE0nsVWjc1fZXvyFt6d9pS3OjNrgQ2XECI1LHrJwGmXy1GZ4F-Yvvnbyt_Ki3EfRU9S5SjX7YsVKn7cudK6765fY1RSj1u7je1h/w281-h400/Pic3.jpg" width="281" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Stencil
larger triangles to the page using <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-club-january-2021-mary-beth-mash2-mary-beth-shaw-s/2147.htm">the
small stencil from the January 2021 StencilClub</a> and black acrylic gesso as
well as pink/red oil pastel.<span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj292-jOFBLJBrkauXYJSnt96axiwNGdnf_vWDliIRcLUTNhkQsR-lSuWVapdtO24442YJCiD47D-ETCR5PVmPoSbT1-ibxSdqIqVanmOusKyOeZYB6OzBn8Nuz4jAfNs2STvuWuO-DNqQYm17T61Ta10nAlYDgW_6HwqdH9uz7m7znw6CSbUAumnjrnaGs/s4032/Pic4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj292-jOFBLJBrkauXYJSnt96axiwNGdnf_vWDliIRcLUTNhkQsR-lSuWVapdtO24442YJCiD47D-ETCR5PVmPoSbT1-ibxSdqIqVanmOusKyOeZYB6OzBn8Nuz4jAfNs2STvuWuO-DNqQYm17T61Ta10nAlYDgW_6HwqdH9uz7m7znw6CSbUAumnjrnaGs/w300-h400/Pic4.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
previous step proved to be a bit too bright for my liking and I covered large
areas of the page with white gesso and removed some of it again through the
stencil used in step 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Spray
the page with red, bronze and blue inks. <span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMfgd7SnvdJw-x89QLXyvsbvzBz86D1gNE3oU6dxdvO-uLtOcDtOBrWBT3xyp1pzCY31pGXYy_3n8qhImXrUTngMJy53-TrRId0ROROOto1cWwAtASrg6nFrFWcsX2SPrQF3PCmuadGjcU1l0l6RKivWUzlLqng6u7joyXIFNb9wBzUCcGnb4jE4C0QLA/s3880/Pic6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3880" data-original-width="2590" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMfgd7SnvdJw-x89QLXyvsbvzBz86D1gNE3oU6dxdvO-uLtOcDtOBrWBT3xyp1pzCY31pGXYy_3n8qhImXrUTngMJy53-TrRId0ROROOto1cWwAtASrg6nFrFWcsX2SPrQF3PCmuadGjcU1l0l6RKivWUzlLqng6u7joyXIFNb9wBzUCcGnb4jE4C0QLA/w268-h400/Pic6.jpg" width="268" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Brayer
on more of the acrylic paint used in step 1 as well as white acrylic gesso and
remove again with a baby wipe using the stencils used in step 2 and step 3. <span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCu58TmRbASFzvD2DkyYOz91JYqCXaANmCx8TyOgI72DcG97LMOHEzwWH2LBP9PRZz5Z8Yw3yVLdSf_B0_rWsPzipcPbyVphXCTtd_l6wT_DvvfbZMLZeU0WkC8Bvlou0kmP-SK8dk79Pjh5aHVAbU_8S2yVm-HjY3_zkR2SwalhZNnudQdxRifHMHKuiM/s4032/Pic7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCu58TmRbASFzvD2DkyYOz91JYqCXaANmCx8TyOgI72DcG97LMOHEzwWH2LBP9PRZz5Z8Yw3yVLdSf_B0_rWsPzipcPbyVphXCTtd_l6wT_DvvfbZMLZeU0WkC8Bvlou0kmP-SK8dk79Pjh5aHVAbU_8S2yVm-HjY3_zkR2SwalhZNnudQdxRifHMHKuiM/w300-h400/Pic7.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Using
an 8 x 10” gelli plate brayer and dark blue acrylic paint and <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/mask-Earth-Cat-Kerr-p/l988.htm">put
stencil L988 Earth</a> on top of the plate. Using both deli and copy paper take
prints. Then remove the stencil and take more prints<span>.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnxrvcpe_8R9e7GY4TfvZQmXGDyZroEWYD2mI75NVd64wuRdIRCzxjzmjOF2sO4PdqTX71IIPwrn8u9I8ue03yAbZpeewFmhPAZ5bnyqHWhtd-VciJKUVhc5Vzg4uP4-hkDE1JHNeLvrqY_fZFtwZ0C00QwOZa4VDwaCMBcR43RLu0VmKykqvcX3QMa_w/s4032/Pic8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnxrvcpe_8R9e7GY4TfvZQmXGDyZroEWYD2mI75NVd64wuRdIRCzxjzmjOF2sO4PdqTX71IIPwrn8u9I8ue03yAbZpeewFmhPAZ5bnyqHWhtd-VciJKUVhc5Vzg4uP4-hkDE1JHNeLvrqY_fZFtwZ0C00QwOZa4VDwaCMBcR43RLu0VmKykqvcX3QMa_w/w400-h300/Pic8.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cut
out triangles from the papers made in step 8 and combine them with collage
papers (mine came from the Flow magazine) featuring triangles and glue them
down in an arrangement you like or as shown on my page. I used an UHU glue
stick but matte medium will also work well. <span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZMwKUy5xkjymf2gOWXsuLj-15tY5PFNhowlBRDkeb48hSxq5ioaErwpUKACTAhLyodqc_-atwr1kgeQCcX6tnha_kfRoojkjMcbsDkJ4UIEOt_EV6JpPBNuJ76U_KrNC6HRcURbkQvEVttdpNkdSla8cSezUQXmGkdzgZvOo2pNCC2TFfDKNT6dhV44_/s3973/Pic9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3973" data-original-width="2630" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZMwKUy5xkjymf2gOWXsuLj-15tY5PFNhowlBRDkeb48hSxq5ioaErwpUKACTAhLyodqc_-atwr1kgeQCcX6tnha_kfRoojkjMcbsDkJ4UIEOt_EV6JpPBNuJ76U_KrNC6HRcURbkQvEVttdpNkdSla8cSezUQXmGkdzgZvOo2pNCC2TFfDKNT6dhV44_/w265-h400/Pic9.jpg" width="265" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Use
the same stencil as in step 8 to cut out images fitting the triangles used in
step 9 and glue them on as shown. I used some of my own sky photographs for
this purpose. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Outline
the triangles with a black Stabilo All pencil and also scrape on some red/pink
oil pastel (as used in step 4) to the photographs with an old credit card.<span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevpThjcHRW3QprRqxSCbFAJXM6HF86W2UBwySjvfyA4pEgP-wvZ2t1vXHFhncskjLLXFljUGtZFrup_FfLoU_wT2zwywZMCsUghyw9xywPTQfh4hPs0vsXbf5u6KGHSMrVRjKcw5yB-nt1lAJAH_-Zh7QZwZrx53vD_QcELMen3J4V_Q5XQyhlbN0AjNz/s4032/Pic11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2693" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevpThjcHRW3QprRqxSCbFAJXM6HF86W2UBwySjvfyA4pEgP-wvZ2t1vXHFhncskjLLXFljUGtZFrup_FfLoU_wT2zwywZMCsUghyw9xywPTQfh4hPs0vsXbf5u6KGHSMrVRjKcw5yB-nt1lAJAH_-Zh7QZwZrx53vD_QcELMen3J4V_Q5XQyhlbN0AjNz/w268-h400/Pic11.jpg" width="268" /></a></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
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on the text (cut from magazines) and also outline with a black Stabilo All
pencil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Drip
on some white and gold acrylic ink randomly. <span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuseRf12zfeLHoMGy1roJuTtOZdrnTo_mmn9UAjfrKQolXyTNN6uG4FaCmES8PoUu-52uiD-djiux2OmVhGybEvrbbhp_BLNrnDdEazgAhAAKfA8H2yat4z5k7DfOv7GVwgkZ8Hxt1vC7UjwA0aQ2ihDtHKKB2TtSz_advYnvq_WvneK2R6lXj4gAKBYtT/s4032/Pic13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuseRf12zfeLHoMGy1roJuTtOZdrnTo_mmn9UAjfrKQolXyTNN6uG4FaCmES8PoUu-52uiD-djiux2OmVhGybEvrbbhp_BLNrnDdEazgAhAAKfA8H2yat4z5k7DfOv7GVwgkZ8Hxt1vC7UjwA0aQ2ihDtHKKB2TtSz_advYnvq_WvneK2R6lXj4gAKBYtT/w300-h400/Pic13.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibV0LiuXeLy1tX6B3iD0-TUBYkeYwbswgWvmWBxw6V1vgkhhBxS7ms28_9YAb-fDlkY0m7tVDBArYaMuo0ApkNgnLIID0hZMRWtlJahHuoxOmxqc1W1YQ_BZnoky4R5c7kmxhYzBGWAkisEUrm47wH01vCsky464BFEtr8N2pTNXlYSHR9AUdHjgx3WasF/s3822/PicFinished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3822" data-original-width="2616" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibV0LiuXeLy1tX6B3iD0-TUBYkeYwbswgWvmWBxw6V1vgkhhBxS7ms28_9YAb-fDlkY0m7tVDBArYaMuo0ApkNgnLIID0hZMRWtlJahHuoxOmxqc1W1YQ_BZnoky4R5c7kmxhYzBGWAkisEUrm47wH01vCsky464BFEtr8N2pTNXlYSHR9AUdHjgx3WasF/w274-h400/PicFinished.jpg" width="274" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV9aKU39GL5i5LYBlMVTH2S3EcJAOt_2lW5bPfVrD3zcrB-1DsAdNiPMY1c0-nL-kpX-zSqK7kWtltTBWlgfDQeqmVeQJdrpX69Hxlu0qndSSbQ9ZJolNRcG3tlygP2UXN0NCYI0mIksHToeudjmviZsLUjecupANsC1m8VaKgpeJzmWAEHhc1qzx40gH/s3961/Detail1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3961" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV9aKU39GL5i5LYBlMVTH2S3EcJAOt_2lW5bPfVrD3zcrB-1DsAdNiPMY1c0-nL-kpX-zSqK7kWtltTBWlgfDQeqmVeQJdrpX69Hxlu0qndSSbQ9ZJolNRcG3tlygP2UXN0NCYI0mIksHToeudjmviZsLUjecupANsC1m8VaKgpeJzmWAEHhc1qzx40gH/w400-h305/Detail1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
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Well, it means that year round for me, but I digress!</div><div>This simple journal page was created using only stencils and acrylic paint, and it was so fun to make. I love how the background is such a strong focus, yet stands up to the bold image in the foreground.</div><div><br /></div><div>To create this page I used the<a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Circle-Tile-Mary-Beth-Shaw-p/l015.htm" target="_blank"> Circle Tile Stencil (L015) </a>and sponged rainbow colours through the parts of the stencil all over my page. I started with the lighter colours and built up to darker, so if there was some overlap it would be covered.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once dry, I then stencilled the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-portrait-pretty-face-andrea-matus-demeng-p/s288.htm" target="_blank">pretty as a Peacock face ( S288) </a>in black gesso and part of the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-you-got-this-seth-apter-p/s398.htm" target="_blank">You Got Time (M398)</a> stencil to create a body. I used white paint pen to add highlights to the black gesso. I then stencilled a quote from the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Rainbow-Quotes-Carolyn-Dube-p/l956.htm" target="_blank">Rainbow Quote stencil (L956)</a> and added white highlights as well. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkBRsj1Qg-cbrLhyphenhyphenrALsHD0eOBH5UnHH-BQpOD2Upjx1FcXhyphenhyphenX4i3UdDKww3A4lhOyvFZwK45IGwCATcKONoNunD8LJOyz8fk7n_ryBwBlD-l8BMjGIuxuLqeMySesPSEZocMVwFTAqWTNzZj85ks8oLOzAFLqBFQfNFfUVwQg6f57SZAMF2Lbjc2d6pK/s2245/92DF995C-FA4B-4274-9B59-6FF937E41FFA.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2245" data-original-width="1796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkBRsj1Qg-cbrLhyphenhyphenrALsHD0eOBH5UnHH-BQpOD2Upjx1FcXhyphenhyphenX4i3UdDKww3A4lhOyvFZwK45IGwCATcKONoNunD8LJOyz8fk7n_ryBwBlD-l8BMjGIuxuLqeMySesPSEZocMVwFTAqWTNzZj85ks8oLOzAFLqBFQfNFfUVwQg6f57SZAMF2Lbjc2d6pK/s320/92DF995C-FA4B-4274-9B59-6FF937E41FFA.JPG" width="256" /></a></div></div><div>I love how happy this piece makes me, so I experimented with doing a similar piece using bright watercolours. This turned out okay - but there was some bleed through under the stencil, which you could avoid if you used a stencil spray to hold it close to the page. I freehanded a silhouette of a vase of flowers, but you could easily create your own stencilled version. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a list of the stencilled used in this journal page:</div><div><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Circle-Tile-Mary-Beth-Shaw-p/l015.htm" target="_blank">Circle Tile Stencil (L015)</a></div><div><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-portrait-pretty-face-andrea-matus-demeng-p/s288.htm" target="_blank">pretty as a Peacock face ( S288) </a></div><div><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-you-got-this-seth-apter-p/s398.htm" target="_blank">You Got Time (M398)</a></div><div><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Rainbow-Quotes-Carolyn-Dube-p/l956.htm" target="_blank">Rainbow Quote stencil (L956)</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a link to a video creating this page: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpVckjOsnMM" width="320" youtube-src-id="xpVckjOsnMM"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Happy creating</div><div>Niamh</div>Anonomoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17119700941903957768noreply@blogger.com0Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico19.4326077 -99.133208-9.1448252711062139 -134.289458 48.010040671106211 -63.976957999999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213477643200215676.post-79664520700547767232023-12-19T00:00:00.004-06:002023-12-19T00:00:00.140-06:00Gel Printed Holiday Tree Cards<script type="text/javascript">
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</script><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyY07x_hFHeMcbGbAy_q2FWfzIqsrUW7e_T7Sd8SYv22R0TTzFBItH_pjRHhWrzbZI6I6XAEBOwzAWxe6OTiG66qIKJ0BLBIINoKp2JbaNxqIq4HcXHaWHNcQoD4TLaicmRvIrxoWAU5VKE64Xc3vrdUQrZyP0Uw0x7lmrozOyJ_-vnmEnlpSP-Xm-jtlK/s3993/P1300601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="3993" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyY07x_hFHeMcbGbAy_q2FWfzIqsrUW7e_T7Sd8SYv22R0TTzFBItH_pjRHhWrzbZI6I6XAEBOwzAWxe6OTiG66qIKJ0BLBIINoKp2JbaNxqIq4HcXHaWHNcQoD4TLaicmRvIrxoWAU5VKE64Xc3vrdUQrZyP0Uw0x7lmrozOyJ_-vnmEnlpSP-Xm-jtlK/w400-h225/P1300601.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Hello! Nicole here back for my last blog post of 2023! What? This year has flown by, hasn’t it? If you’re anything like me, it’s the middle of December and you either ran out of time or completely forgot about sending some holiday cards. I always like to have a few on hand for neighbor gifts and friend get-togethers plus some for mailing.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ever since I began making my own cards, I just can’t purchase them. I think that also adds a bit of pressure to create a work of art on a card. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49UcGLjqQZpXyCIqDrLpfUKcYqf41Qe9udsN8grObDAYNZm7V4hEtn_X8P9G9YJ4zOUeTUdSqhyphenhyphenX70dJ4oj-VVXvHV_nOZR47FwFJ4WL3Pnfv9R6S2PL0us3GIrAGmjB1dPfsywoS1-7CW_hxdvU17zy5G0e8LjkggaciISIeC9VVACl874ZCoMxBpF_K/s4566/P1300630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="4566" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49UcGLjqQZpXyCIqDrLpfUKcYqf41Qe9udsN8grObDAYNZm7V4hEtn_X8P9G9YJ4zOUeTUdSqhyphenhyphenX70dJ4oj-VVXvHV_nOZR47FwFJ4WL3Pnfv9R6S2PL0us3GIrAGmjB1dPfsywoS1-7CW_hxdvU17zy5G0e8LjkggaciISIeC9VVACl874ZCoMxBpF_K/w400-h225/P1300630.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Recently, when I was playing with some StencilGirl<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">®</span> stencils, I applied paint through the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/product-p/s926.htm">Butterfly Rouen Tile</a> stencil and thought it looked like snow and/or the pattern on one of those ugly Christmas sweaters. I immediately wanted to spray paint white through it and brainstormed how I could make that work for a card design. Then, it hit me. Trees! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkQkmAFQEXDRndq78ZjadrxRW-0ArbLqGHT5a5_H9-9sey8N4kNHRGoXWNDB7vpNMoWQKUbUPVJGwmJwWSz_CBv49KZn2EgzSfq-4HBeAhIjWMjmtW8Elu8-qtVYBur5kKwzDLkMUsT3jnHH1u1occKcNHFE53BiiFVxOYus2EOfN0bzZBacW8kV-1OSb/s4566/P1300618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="4566" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkQkmAFQEXDRndq78ZjadrxRW-0ArbLqGHT5a5_H9-9sey8N4kNHRGoXWNDB7vpNMoWQKUbUPVJGwmJwWSz_CBv49KZn2EgzSfq-4HBeAhIjWMjmtW8Elu8-qtVYBur5kKwzDLkMUsT3jnHH1u1occKcNHFE53BiiFVxOYus2EOfN0bzZBacW8kV-1OSb/w400-h225/P1300618.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I could add some trees and make a snowy winter sky background. So, for this year’s card I had the idea to gel print some papers and turn them into trees with the spray-painted background of course!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My first step was to gel print a variety of papers in all shades of green. I wanted to layer different patterns, colors and sizes of trees in the foreground.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I printed on white and kraft colored card stock to add to the variety and for a tiny bit of pop and thickness to the trees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The gel print process was simple. First layer down some green(s) on the plate and brayer them to a thin coat. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxzpZUxCBwgnLHCtqNcwKgCJ0PII_5w1fkBOfQPN66iYbIyIYcik1Hd_B6orLkKUP1uj7t_cXmAmqIZvPh3_rpr0EB_3s8eE3aGDgLXyW3G7n6GkCRiHnppuq7oNl6e-KEs1hrhBW1vJVoDlsNJLmAJwQoEWsdLCKVhVKqKfN4O-GW_ziHWeYmVLvp2Is/s3339/ig-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="3339" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxzpZUxCBwgnLHCtqNcwKgCJ0PII_5w1fkBOfQPN66iYbIyIYcik1Hd_B6orLkKUP1uj7t_cXmAmqIZvPh3_rpr0EB_3s8eE3aGDgLXyW3G7n6GkCRiHnppuq7oNl6e-KEs1hrhBW1vJVoDlsNJLmAJwQoEWsdLCKVhVKqKfN4O-GW_ziHWeYmVLvp2Is/w400-h225/ig-16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Place a stencil down and pull a first print on top the stencil. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEwuJUoVu5HnLvypkt6zTcM4uFB0gAEpRjUIvj7n3SOfuwyWxOWKd_vyXulo4pslP-TTBQcBY3AgCUbnTyMHZdK7nMV1aFwC663pltMXl5Bt590yhYm40si7wXsUEf_jiYZpoFOpcaK8J-hgrp6HRummG2wIptQ8oopmF2Kn-MrBqGn3Sep1pIgyaJhr2/s3339/ig-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="3339" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEwuJUoVu5HnLvypkt6zTcM4uFB0gAEpRjUIvj7n3SOfuwyWxOWKd_vyXulo4pslP-TTBQcBY3AgCUbnTyMHZdK7nMV1aFwC663pltMXl5Bt590yhYm40si7wXsUEf_jiYZpoFOpcaK8J-hgrp6HRummG2wIptQ8oopmF2Kn-MrBqGn3Sep1pIgyaJhr2/w400-h225/ig-14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This print isn’t always a great one, depending on the stencil style, but it makes a great first layer!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZWJ-qoJzcr7a9ZU-0PiPs2FFCh_PfNNFFOzwmGs3AQfwfN-gwTnge73ob2kRwZjkLeoZhBgB7pSf5nTe6WifjQV3TOWii1tBsftusKkALGV5CiNZSj0NOOKRw2ZGP82TqNAHmVtgLc3t-g3uNo-WnbYwhE2Wvj6Gri2jGCZ1poySpeRzWJG2p8lUuvwr/s3339/ig-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="3339" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZWJ-qoJzcr7a9ZU-0PiPs2FFCh_PfNNFFOzwmGs3AQfwfN-gwTnge73ob2kRwZjkLeoZhBgB7pSf5nTe6WifjQV3TOWii1tBsftusKkALGV5CiNZSj0NOOKRw2ZGP82TqNAHmVtgLc3t-g3uNo-WnbYwhE2Wvj6Gri2jGCZ1poySpeRzWJG2p8lUuvwr/w400-h225/ig-12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, remove the stencil and pull a second print. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5aOzIadn6iVIsVXDL4pRlEWsjx3AIBPlx1Itg0mwQJPbHUOuyGQ5uQ9ddwBBy9vEnJNobyGkN7LNJnoN3VmU0mXKmC8P3hH8FlzQ0eGXSknpjv0Tqo-fwRNfgUKC3AMpIersbGhSVj8kCkCfQVclpOoHyMt2aX6rtKKZNKv7lRkn-XOI38-21Boezlhv/s3339/ig-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="3339" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5aOzIadn6iVIsVXDL4pRlEWsjx3AIBPlx1Itg0mwQJPbHUOuyGQ5uQ9ddwBBy9vEnJNobyGkN7LNJnoN3VmU0mXKmC8P3hH8FlzQ0eGXSknpjv0Tqo-fwRNfgUKC3AMpIersbGhSVj8kCkCfQVclpOoHyMt2aX6rtKKZNKv7lRkn-XOI38-21Boezlhv/w400-h225/ig-13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I repeated this process several times with different shades of greens and stencils. Once in a while I pulled a third print to layer on one that just didn’t look right or flipped the stencil over to use the paint again on that side. I let the paint, stencil, and results determine my next steps each time. There are no rules, and <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://youtu.be/XX3Ap8r25nc" target="_blank">you can watch my simple process in the video tutorial</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sometimes when I was unsure of how the pattern would look for a tree, I isolated it with a piece of paper that I had cut a triangle out of. It’s amazing how different just a slice of the print looks and makes the perfect little tree.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjg1QCf-llBQKzDxcL64r2zTNkiZ3S8OFVpe3-iaexAtw3CrdDTE1ffS3bTUe95iMuv5QFK6lhiKz_HWktt8M1aH3tA-uy2oYvn60a2J-Mqsu1BlgXjLn9zdTSVAeN-qdqqD9ds55Mdy8OEsNqfyn8Krwg-xE9VfYH4W1R_phfM9T5wH5pplAsje3IiwZ/s3503/ig-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1971" data-original-width="3503" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjg1QCf-llBQKzDxcL64r2zTNkiZ3S8OFVpe3-iaexAtw3CrdDTE1ffS3bTUe95iMuv5QFK6lhiKz_HWktt8M1aH3tA-uy2oYvn60a2J-Mqsu1BlgXjLn9zdTSVAeN-qdqqD9ds55Mdy8OEsNqfyn8Krwg-xE9VfYH4W1R_phfM9T5wH5pplAsje3IiwZ/w400-h225/ig-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While I waited for the prints to dry, I cut my base cards and spray painted through the <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/product-p/s926.htm">Butterfly Rouen Tile</a> stencil.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNnLd3gKWYexLTe4__O8NhwNgc4FHbGWl-LGHLEEyiRXtk1wJOgEaQdUq0ze4w0nGf5GBApA8qiDyuXhawTz-loGmDUeXgc0U7iUajT6Lgw4tdKTQlB2UWqP1p-jEk2E4-7PE4nkIJubpCvO654iwOESrLGwVsYVCLOB0jkJutI7lylL4-YAN-QdqsS8X/s3339/ig-18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="3339" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNnLd3gKWYexLTe4__O8NhwNgc4FHbGWl-LGHLEEyiRXtk1wJOgEaQdUq0ze4w0nGf5GBApA8qiDyuXhawTz-loGmDUeXgc0U7iUajT6Lgw4tdKTQlB2UWqP1p-jEk2E4-7PE4nkIJubpCvO654iwOESrLGwVsYVCLOB0jkJutI7lylL4-YAN-QdqsS8X/w400-h225/ig-18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And, while those dried, I added some white splatters to the envelopes. I just simply sprayed some of the paint in a small cup and added some water to it. I repeated this process on both sides of the envelopes and also the back of the cards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwFTqe0u5Z4NxkURBxd9y4CflDdsP1RbAGrPqsMe1zGR6msSKDFB0HPAxTDjqfMYdYNTEA1Z8ZAqLXFka3slQq9bc5gAZph56o7yhfKbDYRM2mZH7pDkhdKS_Ea3MayPz6rq2tTs9i3hREwoeNbJlLiXu5vXpcXyQ5LDNIjKAkB_DVj4hGtdYeIeKRUph/s3297/ig-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="3297" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwFTqe0u5Z4NxkURBxd9y4CflDdsP1RbAGrPqsMe1zGR6msSKDFB0HPAxTDjqfMYdYNTEA1Z8ZAqLXFka3slQq9bc5gAZph56o7yhfKbDYRM2mZH7pDkhdKS_Ea3MayPz6rq2tTs9i3hREwoeNbJlLiXu5vXpcXyQ5LDNIjKAkB_DVj4hGtdYeIeKRUph/w400-h225/ig-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, it was time to cut out the trees! I cut out some small tree patterns to make this process easier. Using the patterns, I was able to ensure that the trees would layer ok on the card fronts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRFFAPFWixHAR6q8VW5D_2WefOdE078AN1vdD4_6tTNQTAr1-72ZyAGnTcuWiAzyTnuY07KY3XyWNYHUEjhTzu854U7HdeW56CS3QJwyfDSI84hso9HlAcsQhlWgDVbg20QyF_pOGQ2FvWwNLmbrF6RhfOZ2FHjBPD2NTxS2FYdRVCB7OZqHYICRYd8e_/s2879/ig-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1619" data-original-width="2879" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRFFAPFWixHAR6q8VW5D_2WefOdE078AN1vdD4_6tTNQTAr1-72ZyAGnTcuWiAzyTnuY07KY3XyWNYHUEjhTzu854U7HdeW56CS3QJwyfDSI84hso9HlAcsQhlWgDVbg20QyF_pOGQ2FvWwNLmbrF6RhfOZ2FHjBPD2NTxS2FYdRVCB7OZqHYICRYd8e_/w400-h225/ig-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once I had millions (ok, maybe just a hundred) trees cut out, I placed a large one on each card and then picked out all the little ones to go with it. I originally planned to put three trees on a card, but I couldn’t resist changing that to five trees. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_mGRoclN8ZCbpcBaFBXA3EfrzfMuwQcSMZJAD0YElkPKo-eDARkeZ3WAMIOiYpWxOT2G0H2QtmUZm2IS5xeHbmqRI13E_j4Vhuf8VLQfhOpUFGOTL7D2OyKGk7CkiexCMXOQ0drh1LFrOQH-KmAg10I5kJZ5voWvH_Bosm9MuXieGTAb-oxglcQDyBOg/s3440/ig-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="3440" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_mGRoclN8ZCbpcBaFBXA3EfrzfMuwQcSMZJAD0YElkPKo-eDARkeZ3WAMIOiYpWxOT2G0H2QtmUZm2IS5xeHbmqRI13E_j4Vhuf8VLQfhOpUFGOTL7D2OyKGk7CkiexCMXOQ0drh1LFrOQH-KmAg10I5kJZ5voWvH_Bosm9MuXieGTAb-oxglcQDyBOg/w400-h225/ig-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnMNsPOOiDMZ7y6HMpgvp6PtaSHiEY669eI2pMXi-mUi5OB76Vrg3am34A_HtDp0BC8bDGPFzhLkM8gXB8L0o3w2zr_EchVsSCgKQYksjwnJHWTUOPWvSrbOT65UpbIQp9QByUl9QYsnwSdPownuw44tpaF1ukcKpmfWeHraSkrNaq_eLVgDaB2QsfEmY/s3440/ig-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="3440" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnMNsPOOiDMZ7y6HMpgvp6PtaSHiEY669eI2pMXi-mUi5OB76Vrg3am34A_HtDp0BC8bDGPFzhLkM8gXB8L0o3w2zr_EchVsSCgKQYksjwnJHWTUOPWvSrbOT65UpbIQp9QByUl9QYsnwSdPownuw44tpaF1ukcKpmfWeHraSkrNaq_eLVgDaB2QsfEmY/w400-h225/ig-8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When the trees were perfectly placed, I quick snapped a photo just in case. Then I carefully piled the cards up and began the process to stick them down.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Rf6qapCxhHDjlj1Vg7WoWDs_tuggbI7pqhCpywZaZxQ7marCYCfc1ASkeskFLt6aA67XYmvkr2MmxcRLn8VzsJxyp5tsCcvn5yslXQQkpLAr0MXWvfbIzrkOyOmKkZ2Dh5MjVlXNIjHJlH5V9pHKGyVsatq3dguTd7wKWeeJ3WC7xMurfrtliWtfM2pT/s3440/ig-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="3440" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Rf6qapCxhHDjlj1Vg7WoWDs_tuggbI7pqhCpywZaZxQ7marCYCfc1ASkeskFLt6aA67XYmvkr2MmxcRLn8VzsJxyp5tsCcvn5yslXQQkpLAr0MXWvfbIzrkOyOmKkZ2Dh5MjVlXNIjHJlH5V9pHKGyVsatq3dguTd7wKWeeJ3WC7xMurfrtliWtfM2pT/w400-h225/ig-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Looking back, I wish I had printed a few more trees that were a little more solid in color with small pattern. I like how they anchored some of the card fronts. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To finish the cards, I knew I wanted to add a “Merry Christmas” sentiment with my typewriter, but I also decided to add some red berry garland to one tree on each card. If you don’t have a typewriter, you can print words from your computer or find some stickers. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ziKNF9vjJchGScyyo9BsK1A6Lmne-Q2zrFBYqMtG4SQ95X5gly5celV-dhRjnLn2CJ6ecjWmQaTm9Rs_hrxAWDPryBO9KFOW3_yuHEAL8_YPbbnN0ugU7br8HcOMTBbODWgaW6aSYKaZXVsubT0BH7eFHvMr1rdPzSJEpan8pjW_cyAByOHSRWhKN6Cg/s3780/ig-21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="3780" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ziKNF9vjJchGScyyo9BsK1A6Lmne-Q2zrFBYqMtG4SQ95X5gly5celV-dhRjnLn2CJ6ecjWmQaTm9Rs_hrxAWDPryBO9KFOW3_yuHEAL8_YPbbnN0ugU7br8HcOMTBbODWgaW6aSYKaZXVsubT0BH7eFHvMr1rdPzSJEpan8pjW_cyAByOHSRWhKN6Cg/w400-h225/ig-21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I added the simple berry dots with the end of a paintbrush.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-x4KqIpvcOgDxLqMv81zf-ER-d5Zjhir1Ff1kt4PMf3b6LxH98t-ir_IxAQgKO-2zexm81emhOEEKPo9o3HrySwXMPt8tJZOhf0NprT99tbTnjQUv7YEmpiy54XXjXEHf-b58b75akd-iIOLOR4xTRhYk0N90ARiUKXmyGs5Js6cncs0YAyY0vED-kY3K/s3394/ig-20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1909" data-original-width="3394" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-x4KqIpvcOgDxLqMv81zf-ER-d5Zjhir1Ff1kt4PMf3b6LxH98t-ir_IxAQgKO-2zexm81emhOEEKPo9o3HrySwXMPt8tJZOhf0NprT99tbTnjQUv7YEmpiy54XXjXEHf-b58b75akd-iIOLOR4xTRhYk0N90ARiUKXmyGs5Js6cncs0YAyY0vED-kY3K/w400-h225/ig-20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I really enjoyed how these came together, even if my husband calls them mountains instead of trees. Maybe that’s one reason I decided to add the berry garland! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXyeKzF0Lcdg_QAfYf_KtOUPOr3l_oAjM1stUEYrCDzr5w3If09jYz9sHUoC0hiWgqDs06As_0gAl4ceAIOXufKvIPItLICiWOVMD-a3ezw1fUB3kPIhd1FVkfe9igAivheOdo_30pj2LFOFHA3i7E2w-g5wex2CqMmlE4WLVxBRYqvEa_LdWMMT0t6i6/s4592/P1300609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2584" data-original-width="4592" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXyeKzF0Lcdg_QAfYf_KtOUPOr3l_oAjM1stUEYrCDzr5w3If09jYz9sHUoC0hiWgqDs06As_0gAl4ceAIOXufKvIPItLICiWOVMD-a3ezw1fUB3kPIhd1FVkfe9igAivheOdo_30pj2LFOFHA3i7E2w-g5wex2CqMmlE4WLVxBRYqvEa_LdWMMT0t6i6/w400-h225/P1300609.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The best part? Besides the fact that I have a bunch of cards to send, I have a lot of leftovers. So, I think I’m going to also make some small tags for packages as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySTj30ekbH6a54wYOCKkjefH476RYwW4vvPBTmRpunaFEQCDlUdGIhcMV9nRoC8S7qSfgA-rOvdw8uqR8KCNNCypJugQN-d4ANi8KVPiq89sAHmX2SPNqr7_jfPzmX3PDyVMPCcPYOzFGvpIzKQ7MJk9xq_nsZv1KHjWxKfBapNMCwQFQ3rkpM-3Tq9Ce/s2411/P1300670.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2411" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySTj30ekbH6a54wYOCKkjefH476RYwW4vvPBTmRpunaFEQCDlUdGIhcMV9nRoC8S7qSfgA-rOvdw8uqR8KCNNCypJugQN-d4ANi8KVPiq89sAHmX2SPNqr7_jfPzmX3PDyVMPCcPYOzFGvpIzKQ7MJk9xq_nsZv1KHjWxKfBapNMCwQFQ3rkpM-3Tq9Ce/w400-h225/P1300670.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Check out the entire process in the video below!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XX3Ap8r25nc" width="320" youtube-src-id="XX3Ap8r25nc"></iframe></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I hope you have a wonderful holiday season, and maybe I just helped remove a little of the holiday stress by not only giving you a card idea, but some moments to just sit down and create.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-Nicole<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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